The project transforms a former pigsty in the village of Sasamón, in the province of Burgos, Spain, into a contemporary single-family home. The intervention, respectful of vernacular architecture, inserts a laminated timber structure within the existing volume, creating a new way of inhabiting the space without erasing the building’s rural memory.
Project name
House Within a House
Architecture firm
MADE.V arquitectos
Location
Sasamón, Burgos, Spain
Principal architect
Álvaro Moral García, Daniel Gónzalez García
Design team
Ana Doyague González, María Esteban Carrasco
Collaborators
Construction: Construcciones Escribano. Structural engineering: Medgon. Carpentry: Javier Ramos Rodriguez Carpintería de Madera. Metalwork: Metalbur. Kitchen design and installation: Cocibur
Built area
Gross floor area 102 m² Usable floor area 88 m²
Structural engineer
Medgon
Construction
Construcciones Escribano
Material
Laminated timber – interior structure, load-bearing structure, floor slabs, interior partitions, sliding and hinged doors. Adobe – perimeter walls and original enclosures. Ashlar stonework – wall base courses. One-coat mortar – interior and exterior cladding. Sprayed polyurethane insulation – interior envelope. Plywood – built-in furniture. Clear epoxy resin – interior flooring. Laminated pine wood – structural roof
Typology
Residential › House
Mano Arquitectura: A landscape of rolling hills and a clear horizon. The plot is located at a high point that allows for the contemplation of the extended and open landscape of low forest areas and small towns.
Project name
Winery in Burgos
Architecture firm
Mano Arquitectura
