Borrero House

Alosno is a small village in "Andévalo", a subregion of the Province of Huelva in the southwest of Spain. It
is a place known for a special type of Flamenco music called Fandango, world famous charcuterie Jamón
Ibérico, and close proximity to the mines of Tharsis, and thus to its english colonial architecture.

In this context we were commissioned to design a single family house, described as "traditional" by our
clients. It was to accommodate an extremely compartmentalized plan that included a free standing garage
and the desire to have the home be a single story building on a given 7 x 40 meter plot.

This was again a good opportunity to approach these contingencies with a certain level of critical
pragmatism, as we often term our approach, beyond the cliches that we all bring to the design table.
We decide to use that traditional concept as applied to the pure contruction of it, using a system of load
bearing brick walls parallels to the façade, a traditional system we do not typically use. This bearing wall
system allow us to turn the tide, and to transfer the main façade from the short length to the long side of 40
meters. One single Family House, with a single space in between bearing walls, and covered by a single
pitch roof spanning from 6,5 to 7,5 meter along the 40 meters length.

The residential program is displayed along rooms aligned to the new main façade, whilst the garage
occupies the former main façade, at the opposite side of an intermediate courtyard that serves as main
entrance. Although it was necessary to split the garage from the rest of the residence, one of our design
goals was to promote a unified perception for the bulk of house.

The same intention moved us to rhythmically shape the outer face with curves, in a way to hold better,
aesthetically and statically, the big pitched roof. These curved brickworks are made out of two types of
brick, some full rectangular and other canted, in an attempt to improve the perception of a 40 meters long
wall, transforming monotony into architectural order. We hoped to be successful on this.

Date
24/06/2019

Architects
Gómez Mora, José
Montes Estrada, Daniel
Studio Wet

Investor
Juan Antonio Borrero Calvo

Building Company
Construcciones En General Borrero y Redondo SLL

Location
Alosno (Huelva)

Typology
Housing




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