HOUSE GL

PAINTINGS

architecture

Itziar Quirós Urdampilleta

Pablo López Presa

Javier Ibán de Castro

Raquel Catalán Díez

Pablo Villoria de la Mano

COLLABORATORS

Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Retuerto (Execution Director)

Laura Gonzalo Calderon (Structures)

CONSTRUCTOR

MEM S.L.

Photograph

Mary Merchant

This dwelling single family in Paintings It is organized entirely on the ground floor, articulated by a main volume of one and a half floors that provides spatiality and character to the day area. This block, south facing, It concentrates the public spaces of the home and acts as a passive energy collector., optimizing the relationship between architecture y climate.

The set is completed with a smaller-scale secondary volume, built in canto wheeled party, in clear reference at architectures traditional of the banks del Bernesga and of Thorium. For its execution, the existing stones in the dry stone walls that originally enclosed the plot have been reused., reinforcing the link with the place and reducing the material impact of the intervention.

The house is designed under criteria Passive house, reaching a value of 0,3 renovations/hour in the Blower Door test, which guarantees an envelope of high performance, a high level of comfort and very low energy consumption.

Architecturally, The project combines a language volumetric content y minimalist with the use of classic and durable materials such as wood and pebbles, establishing a balanced dialogue between construction tradition and contemporary architecture.