House Among Trees and Houses / BAILORULLSave this picture! Jos HeviaHousesArchitects: BAILORULLAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:230 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2021 PhotographsPhotographs:Jos Hevia Lead Architects: Manuel Bailo Esteve, Rosa Rull Bertran More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The project for this expansion and renovation of a 1930s summer house located next to the Sant Cugat golf club has been conceived with two key elements in mind that define the site.Save this picture!The urban rhythm of the street.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The trees and the golf course. The house has a unique location characterized by having both an urban character, due to its continuity with the city, and a natural character, as it is adjacent to the Sant Cugat golf club. The presence of large, centuries-old trees from the golf club transforms this part of the established city into a continuous and built environment that is also green and natural.Save this picture!The project. Never demolish. The expansion is conceived from occupying the original free space, the threshold, that remains between the summer house and the golf club house. Occupying this empty space allows the preservation of the porous and narrow urban rhythm that defines this part of Vill street. A small, lightweight wooden house that follows the morphology of the neighboring houses is situated among the centuries-old trees on a permeable concrete structure.Save this picture!Save this picture!The renovation proposes the basic principle of sustainability: Never demolish. Maintaining the existing house and renovating it has allowed for the construction of a generous dialogue between two structures of similar forms, but not identical. On one hand, an old summer house without insulation with a load-bearing brick wall structure has been rehabilitated, while next to it, an expansion has been constructed that features a permeable structure formed by a single column. This column, which starts from the basement, supports the weight of the house located on the first floor with its branches. On the ground floor, the unique concrete column helps to organize the space and circulation, while freeing the facade of load and allowing for the construction of a completely transparent enclosure. The unique structure formed by a single column of the expansion allows the ground floor to easily integrate with the garden, while the first floor dialogues with and complements the urban rhythm of the neighboring houses.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officePublished on January 10, 2025Cite: "House Among Trees and Houses / BAILORULL" [Casa entre rboles y casas / BAILORULL] 10 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025333/house-among-trees-and-houses-bailorull&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream