EXTRAVERNACULARARCHITECTS

PC HOUSE

PC HOUSE · Vilafortuny, Tarragona, Spain

Use · Private houseCompletion · February 2011Total Built Area · 200m2Client · Quim Piqué, Tània CalafellXVA · eXtra Vernacular ArchitectsPartner in Charge · Xavier VilaltaDesign Team · Núria Navarro, Mara Rosaria FavoinoProject Manager · Xavier CapdevilaContractor · Ferre Construcciones, SL

First Edition in 2012

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PC House is a summerhouse for a family in a 60s Me-diterranean town’s neighborhood, on a site few meters far away from the beach.The intervention renews the house updating the aesthetics concept, reinforcing the interior-exterior relationship, improving its comfort quality.It is a new image for a summerhouse for the family.The renewal was done maintaining the existing struc-ture and the position of the windows and eliminating all the previous accessories such as arcs and reliefs.Several operations were to increase the height of the walls to create a new proportion and a new terrace overlooking the sea and to extend the height of the windows to increase lightening and ventilation and air circulation inside the house.The new terrace is connected with the renewed gar-den by a steel tube staircase.Additionally, we decided to do two skylights strate-gically positioned on the entrance and on top of the kitchen to provide natural light to the only spaces without direct communication with the exterior.The living room is opened to the garden through a big sliding window and by extending its pavement from inside to outside, extending its proportions and to be in direct contact with nature of a garden with an exis-ting prominent Mediterranean pine tree, a comforta-ble shaded space to enjoy with the family.

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