Vallirana 47

Stimulated by Pontejos' idea of intervention (conservation and preservation), we went a step further in the strategies of exploitation and transformation of pre-existences tested in previous works, taking the action to a level of hybridisation between the new and the old that we had never reached before. We act with the identity of the building in a way that is both continuist and disruptive, with an attitude that is both respectful and playful.

The new spatial order is expressively superimposed on the existing one, through friction and displacement. Floors and ceilings contain the order and hierarchy of the original spaces, while the partitions concentrate part of this memory as well as the transformed. The new material contributions are hybridised with the pre-existing in detail and ornamentation. Many materials and elements from the building itself were recycled, keeping the building's environmental continuity. And everything that was newly added links with this continuity, from the most tactile to the most abstract aspects: glazed tiles, application of graphic patterns taken from the building's grilles, wallpaper, etc. This sensorial approach also incorporated the stratification of qualities that characterised the residential buildings of the time, specifically in the detailing of certain cladding and elements. In short, we build dense layers of perception and information in the interiors, which brings complexity and vibrancy.