Casa OV | Costa Calsamiglia Arquitecte

Tàrrega / Spain / 2012

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The city of Tarrega is traditionally a city with an important industry force . In 1918 Josep Trepat founded an agricultural machinery industry that grew quickly and sold all its products throughout Spain. Originally , stood in small size warehouses within the urban grid of the city. They were made machines of various kinds and the first models of agricultural machinery, without engine, that were installed on animals . When in 1931 , given the continued growth of the business, decided to move production to the outskirts of the town , a great number of this warehouses were freed and they were occupied by small business, workshops or used as storage spaces. In one of this warehouses is where the project is developed. The original idea, appeared in the very first conversations between the architect, Guim Costa, and the interior designer, Oriol Vidal (also the owner and the future user) was to conserve the essence of the old warehouse that had great historical value related to the industrial heritage of the city and a number of interesting structural elements such as masonry walls and wooden beams, some with typical holes at one end of which was taken down from the woods of the upper parts of the Pyrenees by the so called "raiers" through the river Noguera Pallaresa . Thus, it was decided that the new metal structure were to be "autonomous" and separated over the old . The other important decision, given that the warehouse had very few openings to the outside and could not be opened because they were all party walls, unless the façade to the street, was to open a large interior patio, around which the program of the house would easily be accommodated. Thus, the two principal axes of the project at its inception were  - Respect for the heritage inherited - Search for light and ventilation through a large interior patio Those were the two major project decisions. From there the program flowed comfortably. [ES] La ciudad de Tárrega es, tradicionalmente, una ciudad con mucho vigor industrial. En el año 1918 Josep Trepat fundó una industria de maquinaria agrícola que rápidamente creció y subministró sus productos por toda España. En su origen, se situó en naves de pequeña dimensión dentro el tejido urbano de la ciudad. En ellas se fabricaban maquinas de diversa índole y los primeros modelos de maquinaria agrícola sin motor que se acoplaban a los animales de tiro. Cuando en 1931, dado el continuo crecimiento del negocio, decidió trasladar la producción a las afueras del núcleo urbano, quedaron libres una serie de naves que fueron ocupadas por talleres de pequeños negocios o utilizadas como almacén. En una de estas naves es donde se localiza el proyecto La idea original que apareció ya en las primeras conversaciones entre el arquitecto Guim Costa y el interiorista, Oriol Vidal (al mismo tiempo propietario y futuro usuario de la vivienda) era conservar al máximo la esencia de la antigua nave que tenía un gran valor histórico vinculado al patrimonio industrial de la ciudad y una serie de elementos constructivos muy interesantes como las paredes de mampostería y las encaballadas y vigas de madera, algunas de ellas con los agujeros típicos en un extremo de las que eran bajadas por los "raiers" por el rio Noguera Pallaresa . Así, se tomó la decisión de que la nueva estructura fuera metálica para ser "autónoma" y separada respecto a la antigua. La otra decisión importante, dado que la nave tenía muy pocas aberturas al exterior y que no podían abrirse nuevas debido a que eran paredes medianeras, fue abrir un gran patio interior, alrededor del cual giraría todo el programa de la casa. Así, los dos ejes principales del proyecto en sus inicios fueron - respeto por el patrimonio heredado - búsqueda de la luz y de la ventilación a través de un gran patio interior Esas fueron las dos grandes decisiones del proyecto. A partir de ahí el programa fluyó cómodamente.
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    The city of Tarrega is traditionally a city with an important industry force . In 1918 Josep Trepat founded an agricultural machinery industry that grew quickly and sold all its products throughout Spain. Originally , stood in small size warehouses within the urban grid of the city. They were made machines of various kinds and the first models of agricultural machinery, without engine, that were installed on animals . When in 1931 , given the continued growth of the business, decided to move...

    Project details
    • Year 2012
    • Work finished in 2012
    • Contractor Construcciones Torres SCP
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Apartments / Recovery of industrial buildings
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