El Tiemblo House
Location
El Tiemblo, Ávila, Spain
Client
Private
Program
Single Family House
Size
190 m2
Budget
150.000 €
Year
2009 – 2010
Status
Project completed
Team
Mauricio Galeano, Jaime Gaztelu
Work genre
Bioclimatic Architecture, Sustainable Containers Construction In-Situ, Reusable Dry
With a low budget as a starting point we decided to go for a modular system to lower man-power budget. Shipping containers were chosen as a Lego piece taking advantage of its brutalist beauty. The container remains undress in winter to receive solar radiation for passive heating and is covered by plants in the summer in order to be protected from the sun. The inside design is the complete opposite, a compilation of very clean and pure forms in order to enhance the great views.