![San Vicente Ferrer / James & Mau - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5036/5808/28ba/0d4a/3800/006b/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1361412778)
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Architects: James & Mau
- Area: 504 m²
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:Matías Pérez Illera
Text description provided by the architects. In a historic neighborhood we find a type of housing located in tight lands and shared patios. The volume of the building is already defined so is necessary to use the resultant area.
![San Vicente Ferrer / James & Mau - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5036/580b/28ba/0d4a/3800/006c/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1347809118)
The design of the facade is covered by regulations that require a traditional composition of arranged holes. So, we stick to this constraint by using a modern technique of ventilated facades which copies the traditional composition of holes.
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Also, corten steal skin creates a double bioclimatic facade that harnesses the sun as passive heating in winter and protects from it in summer.
![San Vicente Ferrer / James & Mau - Windows, Door, Brick, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5036/582e/28ba/0d4a/3800/0077/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1347809165)
The strategy is a contemporary mimicry in a historic setting or an update of a historical typology of our times.
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