Joint Houses In Barcelona by Q d’ARQUITECTURA

The property must have occupied a portion of land in consequence of the segregation of a plot and actual construction .La house belonging to the parents-and new-that belongs to your children, you must maintain a reasonable level of privacy, despite of sharing the use of the yard and without establishing a physical boundary between the two plots.

Taking advantage of the soft cross pendiende the plot, the new house is located at a level slightly lower than the existing. The ground floor is protected from view by the retaining wall that extends the gap between the two houses, so it can be fully glazed, with an ongoing relationship with the porches. The top floor, exposed to view, unfolds in a prism essentially opaque, concentrating all openings in a gallery which faces south.

The sharp contrast between the lightness and transparency of the ground floor and the weight of the upper, along with wide porches and overhangs, and the continuing relationship between the exterior and interior, are the main formal characteristics of the project.