© Germán Cabo
The courtyard is the heart of the house, through which the house expands and breathes. The floor is covered with the same clay tile used inside the house and, with it, a support piece is also built that serves as a washing and cooking area. The white walls reflect the light increasing the luminosity of the interior space of the house.
© Germán Cabo
The renovation of this house also includes its energy rehabilitation, incorporating different bioclimatic and passive strategies. Continuous thermal insulation has been incorporated both on the roof and on the facades, but respecting existing elements such as the exposed brick facade. The courtyard façade has been solved with an exterior thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) and the new windows are made of wood carpentry, with Low-E and solar control glass on the south façade. To avoid rising damp, very common in this type of house on the ground floor, and to thermally isolate the interior space, the floor has
Gallery of Cabanyal House / Nodopía, Arquitectura y Diseño
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