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Architects: Carles Oliver
- Area: 105 m²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:José Hevia
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Manufacturers: Huguet, Naturllar, Nordica Extraflamme
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Text description provided by the architects. Refurbishment project built with € 18,000 budget that aims to bring empty homes back into use for people in housing need, which is a huge problem right now at tourist areas like Mallorca island.
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€ 12,000 have been used for energy efficieny improvement (roof insulation and biomass stove) and € 6,000 for indoor rehabilitation.
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The project has been made with an urban sharecropping contract, paying rent for 3 years through the work, part of which has been done by self-construction.
![St. Miquel 19 Refurbishment / Carles Oliver - Windows, Beam, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59e9/593b/b22e/38dd/0500/0017/newsletter/SANT_MIQUEL_04.jpg?1508464947)
In order to be able to refurbish a 100 square meters dwelling with this amount, we worked along these lines:
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1. NOT TO DO, as the best way to do.
2. DOMESTIC ARCHEOLOGY, to learn how economy of means has built our cities for centuries.
3. BACK TO ARCH, as a way to open spaces without adding any kind of new material. To open a door is not the same than to build a door.
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