Carbon House by Metric
Carbon House is a modern two-story house located in Barcelona, Spain, designed in 2020 by Metric.
Description
This project aims to create a new home for a growing family in the outskirts of Barcelona.
Despite the small plot, around 220 s.q.m. since the family had 3 children, they wanted a house as big as possible.
Therefore, from the very beginning we proposed a house that maximized the habitable area while regularizing the layout. That made building the structure and the whole house much easier.
Steel and timber structure follows that clear layout. This is a great construction system due to the fast assembling optimizing resources and construction time.
A central stair with a solid base that roots it to the ground creates at the same time the space for extra storage. The rest of the stair follows the opposite strategy, the lightness of the top intends not to break the visual continuity of the open space at the ground floor.
This stair becomes therefor one of the focal points for this project.
Small WC is embedded on the continuous piece of furniture at the rear of the house that is kitchen, storage and tiny wc at the same time.
To integrate and link all areas at ground floor, the whole space follows the 240cm datum. All furniture, windows and doors follow that line.
Climatization is hidden under the 240cm level so the steel and timber slab is exposed without interruption.
Materials in this project are shown in a honest way. This was a core and wel...
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