The Grandstand House

The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra

THE GRANDSTAND HOUSE

Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

ARCHITECTS
Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

AREA
100 m²

YEAR
2020

PHOTOGRAPHS
Marc Torra

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Olot, Spain

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Arnau Vergés i Tejero

MANUFACTURERS
Bandalux, Finsa, Kahrs, Mobles 114, Simon, Aluminios Barcelona, LA Escandella, Roca, Tejar Bandrís

DESIGN TEAM
Arnau Vergés, Jordi Cusidó i Jordi Marguí

The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra

Text description provided by architect.

On the slope of a volcano upholstered with low-cost houses, we have an opportunity to reform one of the two unique samples of this peculiar typology: an isolated cottage standing on horizontal rectangular terrain.

The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra
The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra

The project, besides reforming and extending the house, has to solve the relationship of the original plot with the one above it, acquired later by the same owner. The upper part has a garage and better access than the lower one.

Our proposal involves the replacement of the various coverings and add-ons built over time by a single element: an intermediate tier between the two plots.

The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra
The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra

This grandstand, which encloses the extension surface and a cosy birch tree, also resolves the problem of integrating the two existing levels into a whole, both virtually due to its dimensional features and physically as rising tiers.

A regular consumer of the costumbrist theatre, the Grandstand House is just a piece of this social amphitheater of low-cost houses, where lions no longer scratch and walls have ears.

The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra
The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra
The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra


The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra
The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra
The Grandstand House
© Marc Torra


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