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CS House

This is a project by AH Asociados and it is located at Sentmenat, Barcelona, Spain. There are five images for CS House.

: © Hisao Suzuki

Project images

Designer's statement

This house is located in an area dotted with residential buildings. Building a house that creates an isolated world for its inhabitants requires a simple but determined execution. It has been necessary to make the most of the views by making use of the elevated position of the plot to protect it from the impact of adjacent buildings.

The “S” section allows the opening up of the bedrooms and living-room to the garden that is protected by vegetation. The first floor has the opposite orientation so that the light enters directly into its rooms. In this floor the opaque level that turns into a far image of the house protects the terrace, a floor opened to the sky in the folded level, which is the private and intimate place of the house.

The folded “S” section floats above a cut in the ground with a "C" form that in its opening empties the site and leaves a hole above which the house is constructed. The access floor is located in the basement floor and discovers the dynamic section of the house. The sides are opened and glazed so that the folding of the section is shown.

Details/Credits

Location: Camí Ral De Barcelona, Sentmenat, Barcelona, Spain
Project type: Housing
Principal designer: Miguel A. Alonso Del Val, Rufino J. Hernández Minguillón and Marcos Escartín Miguel
Design Team: Marcos Escartín and Carlos Barvo
Technical Architects: Jordi Armadá Soler and Joan Sálate I Bosquet
Engineering: Ed Enginyeria
Contractor: CS Actuacions Urbanístiques Industrials, S.L.
Completion: July 2002
Built-up area: 613.28 m2
Cost of construction: 266256 €
Photographs: Hisao Suzuki