Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO

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O Porto de Bares, Spain
  • Architect In Charge: Marcos Álvarez Montes
  • Design Team: Moriyón Romero
  • Tecnic Architect: Luis Torrente
  • Engineering: Isabel Francos
  • City: O Porto de Bares
  • Country: Spain
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Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO - Chair, Beam, Windows
© Héctor Santos-Díez

Text description provided by the architects. It is a home between medians, two plants, in which the section is considered the key to the configuration of space, although it was in the original state. Remains almost entirely the spatial structure of the existing building, but create double-height spaces, clearances are corrected, it makes a clean work spaces and creates a natural light axis crosses the main body housing from east to west, from the doors and through the stairs. Which has no risers to encourage this visual axis.

Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO - Beam
© Héctor Santos-Díez

In this part of the house is located the public program, access, toilet, kitchen, living and master bedroom, located on the mezzanine and open to be.

Also, to encourage the entry of natural light in this area between medians, the deeper area, open skylights in the roof, -glass placed as if they were slabs of slate- on double-height spaces that have opened in the various plants. For light to reach the ground floor, part of the floor of the first floor in the living room with laminated glass is made transparent.

Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO - Windows, Facade
© Héctor Santos-Díez

Seen from the outside, the house belies the wealth of indoor.

Independent and with its own staircase, the kids area in the southern body, has a bedroom, a bathroom and a play area with use also sleeping.

Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO - Windows
© Héctor Santos-Díez

Here, a steel tube, from the foundation to the roof, supporting the ladder and help define the spaces. Under the staircase is located a storeroom with opaque glass between tubes, inside fluorescent tubes illuminate indirectly the ground floor of this area.

Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO - Windows, Beam
© Héctor Santos-Díez

The model, in terms of internal structure, housing was the original building. Lack of runners, stays succeeding each other and the figure of the stairs always present in the house.

Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO - Windows
© Héctor Santos-Díez

This model will allow, with minor changes of furniture, the housing is capable of generating several programmatic solutions.

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Cite: "Vivienda Estaca de Bares / OCO_STUDIO" 26 Nov 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/451695/vivienda-estaca-de-bares-oco_studio> ISSN 0719-8884

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