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La Rúa House Extension

LA RÚA HOUSE EXTENSION

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La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén

MANUFACTURERS 
Cosmic, Placo, Alumafel, Ariston, Danosa

CONSTRUCTION 
Construcciones Mencey, S.l.

PROMOTORS 
Carmen Nieves, Meri Báez Hernández

STRUCTURAL CALCULATION 
C+c Consultores

AUTHOR ARCHITECT 
Javier Dasdores De Armas

DESIGN TEAM 
Javier Dasdores De Armas

RIGGER 
Isabel Nichaldas Nazco

PHOTOGRAPHS 
Julio Carreño Guillén

AREA 
421 M²

YEAR 
2012

LOCATION
La Rúa, San Cristóbal De La Laguna, Spain

CATAGORY
Houses Interiors, Extension

La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén

Text description provided by the architects.

In a rural setting, with few architectural interest and a somewhat hard weather, two sisters and their husbands were excited about the idea of living together, so they bought a home, which had to complete its program with an extension in the land available on the inside of the plot.

For this reason, we proposed the construction of an attached volume that would complete the original program, which would adapt to the needs of both families independently, without losing their emotional ties.

La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén

The new construction has new stairs, service rooms and one of the bedrooms, which made possible the non-symmetrical division of the original construction in two autonomous dwellings, with a morphology that allows transit between interior and exterior areas, and provides it extra spaces like outdoor shower, terrace, lobby…..

The choice of exposed concrete in the facade is due to the high moisture and constant rainfall in the area.

La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén

The concrete was treated with wooden formwork combined with phenolic panel, in an attempt to fragment the blunt scale of the new construction, introducing some recesses in the facade as pixels, as if they were cuts under the skin caused by a tattoo.


La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén
La Rúa House Extension
Julio Carreño Guillén


La Rúa House Extension
Basement Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Roof Top


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Front Elevation
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Lateral Elevation
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Rear Elevation
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Constructive Section


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North Section
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East Section
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Longitudinal Section


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Axonometric

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