The plot of House 1014 was located in the historical city centre of Granollers and placed into an urban fabric of dwellings between party walls. The available space was narrow and elongated and accessible from two streets. Due to the dilapidated state of the existing building, only the main façade, reasonably well preserved offering a certain heritage value, could be maintained. The desire of the owners was to differentiate two zones in the house: the domestic area, where the daily family life would take place and a secondary area, quiet and isolated from the first one, functionally independent, to be used as a living room or to welcome occasional guests as well as organising meals and gatherings. H Arquitectes placed the domestic area towards the main street, while the west side of the plot, isolated and separated by the central garden, becomes a segregated zone for vehicle access.
The east-west orientation of the plot and the narrowness of the access streets made it difficult to achieve a good solar gain throughout the street façades. This circumstance, added to the difficulties to achieve privacy in the ground floor, led the architects to move back the building from the front street line, creating access patios both sides of the house. These patios allow upper solar gain and at the same time create transition spaces, both physically between the street and the house, and between outdoor and indoor climate.
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