This is the case of the floor: the design that now looks specifically for the house, using three different models for create a unique pattern That, despite being new, it corresponds in its techniques, models and colors with the temporality of the house.
«For the rest of the original structure, our intention was keep and highlight the passage of timecreate tours where the user discovers small surprises as the space crosses, ”the workshop architects continued. That is, the «scars» of the house are made with pride, and the New constructive elements are integrated by seeking the minimum impact.
When entering the house more in the house is located, which is roofed, and then a part discovered with a Water mirror where there was once a French tile roofof what is only an old charger wall and Moisture stains on finishes.
When crossing the wooden frames from the water mirror, a small garden that connects to the kitchen and the terrace. Here, the office made the decision of Respect the ruinsin turn, incorporating new materials and construction systems: the old masonry walls settled with a metal beam frame and on a new slab with Chukum coatinga traditional technique in which the tree bark of the same name is boiled and mixed with white cement.
In the kitchen the walls were left as they were, empowering them with other contemporary materials and giving it an industrial air. Manolo R. Solís
With a lot of tact
The walls and their textures are guessed as fundamental elements for land design concepts. The declined walls of the kitchen, the stone walls of the exteriors, the concrete with a pattern of the pool, everything gives a special emphasis to each environment. «From the moment we saw the vestiges of the back, we knew that we had to see how to integrate and highlight them into the project,» Francisco Bernés and Fabián Gutiérrez replied. “That is why the walls of the kitchen and the terrace are preserved practically as we find them, so that they would remain as Witnesses of the passage of time With all your imperfections. In the end, that It is what gives character to this type of project”