"... Your place to take care of them ..." Rehabilitation of old horse stables to turn them into a temporary retreat for a photographer and his big animals. We are looking for a place without a concrete definition. Just one space where they can look at their animals in the field, work on their photographs and make rice. This place, loaded with symbolism and history, should be a place to remember that should never be lost. "We were looking for a space that spoke of what it was and not what it is" The elements we worked with were “the steps”, “the tracks”. Footprints marked that do not disappear. In this case we physically had these traces used and worn: “Explorer's” horseshoes. The essential concept of the rehabilitation is a piece protected by a "synthetic tree" that protects, provides shade and recreates a small forest. To begin, we empty the longitudinal nave of approximately 11 x 4 meters. We maintain its concrete block walls and roof. Towards the outside we cleared nearby buildings to look for the hidden mountain (Serra Gelada). When we had the volume empty, we opened a large hole at one end that faces the field of the animals and between the room and the field: a yellow patio with holes that frame the animals. The facade is variant according to orientation and uses: . South and West: Where the kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom are located, the existing wall with a rhythm of horseshoe-shaped holes through which light passes and they turn these entrances into a lattice that speaks directly of the building's past. "... the footprints rise and become light ..." . East: Yellow English patio and gaps that look out over the countryside. . North: Circular ventilation holes and they will act as backlit lamps. For the interior, we were looking for a variable and open space, but that contained the essentials to live: 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom, 1 bed, 1 table, 1 sofa. A single piece "mechanism" in pine wood that runs along its perimeter and it is transformed as the different uses arise. It is the only space in which the wooden elements themselves divide it by uses. In less than 40 m2 we achieve: 1 kitchen, 1 dining table, a movable sofa, a bathroom, a desk with a bench, a double bed next to the horse field and a gallery to display your photographs. Originally, the stables had a small roof anchored to the main facade. We reuse it by raising it above the main nave, supporting it by a “forest of fine pillars ”colored and apparently without a logical order. The idea was to recreate a polycarbonate “synthetic tree” that grows and deforms reacting according to the steps to be protected and culminating in a great dilation which becomes the new shelter for animals. The result is a light piece, which lets the filtered light pass through the 2 layers of polycarbonate, that provides shade and that ensures that the air recirculates and refreshes the entrance porch.
Las Cuadras Retreat Home
Estudio ji Arquitectos
Silver
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Jason Traves
Chief Creative Officer
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Jasper Blüm
Senior Designer
at Colliers
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William Barrington-Binns
Director of Photography
at WBB & Co.
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Anastasia Karandinou
Architect, Senior Lecturer
at University of East London
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Corien Pompe
Chairman and Founder
at Donna e Mobile
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Chen Xiaohu
Cofounder and Brand Director
at BloomDesign
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Bret Recor
Founder & Creative Director
at Box Clever
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Li Baolong
Cofounder and Creative Director
at BloomDesign
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Johnny Chiu
Founder
at J.C. Architecture
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6.5

Richard Parr
Founder
at Richard Parr Associates
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5
6.25

Joanna van der Linden
Global Retail Identity & Design Manager
at Nestlé Nespresso
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6.75

Stefano Giussani
CEO
at Lissoni New York
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6.75

Tina Norden
Partner
at Conran and Partners
A lovely project but the design ins...
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7.08
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7.06

Valérie Boerma
Founder
at Barde vanVoltt
I love the story of the design, it’...
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7.08
7.5
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Leni Popovici
Founding Director and Partner
at KAP Studios
A poetic project, filled with beaut...
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7.5
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Valerie Roosma
Interior Designer
at -
Overall a nice project with a succe...
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7.08
8.1
6.83
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Serhii Makhno
Founder
at Sergey Makhno Architects
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