Located in the neighborhood of Ayora in Valencia, Spain, this home was rehabilitated for Jose Costa, the architect who also designed the project. As his own home, the endeavor gave Costa a canvas to explore different creative ideas within the space.
Costa removed all interior coverings, leaving partitions, ceilings, and floors bare, exposing the wooden structure hidden beneath. Built within an older existing structure, the previous window openings allow natural light to wash through the space while preserving the original elevation of the structure.
The double height living-dining room and kitchen space sit adjacent an upper-level loft. Just beneath the loft is the main room, bathroom, and winter room. The upper-level also contains a multipurpose studio space.
The original roof on the structure was raised to provide natural light and ventilation into the home, reaching both the mezzanine and living room. Brick, concrete, steel, and wood are the core materials presented throughout the entire project.
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All I can see in these images is bad design:
- Head-knockers everywhere
- Stairs without pickets that’ll allow a person to plummet painfully to the floor below
- Doors that are in-human in proportion
- Possibly no insulation?
How is this a good architectural re-hab?
#rickitect
Huh?
we can see your lawsuit mind has taken over your design appreciation ability, perhaps you don't know the building is 200 years old? and also you have no idea about the weather in valencia.
Good architecture should be balanced between functionality, beauty and durability. Based on the images I see here, the rehab portion of this design (not the building) is 5% functional, 80% beautiful, 15% durable. It's easy to see the designer placed beauty above anything else. My opinion is that it's unsafe. I'm nit-picking here, but I think this rehab isn't worth appreciation from a theoretical architecture perspective.
You do realize that most other countries aren't as litigious as America? As for functional? I have no idea what you're looking at...
15% Durable? What are the materials that lack durability? The stairs function, what isn't functional? You do realize this is a private residence? Part of being a "good" architect is the fairly easy task of demonstrating a measurable sense "clarity" of thinking, and critique. You've had two chances, you only get one more.
the cowboy has spoken.
what a wonderful house!
Beautiful.
As opposed to the other Valencia (Calif). Now available on Rustico Court:
But the stairs have railings! With PICKETS!
So... if, I dunno, someone wanted to plunge to their death to avoid further humiliation, they'd be prevented?
Sneaky, God, when this is all over, you must let me buy you dinner.
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