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2 Skylight House
Two discreet skylights bring light and air to the dark central rooms of an untouched vernacular house, transforming it without changing its traditional exterior.
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This intervention had to make compatible the maximum respect towards the character of this, until then, untouched vernacular construction and the satisfaction of the current needs (technical and functional) that any contemporary residence has. The new activities fitted the ancient set of rooms very well, but the illumination and ventilation of two central areas could not be solved that easily.
Two discrete skylights bring light and air to these interior rooms through very precise openings on the tile roofs and the first floor pavement. The new zenithal light absolutely transforms the ancient dark central rooms and clearly improves the opening and connection of the whole residence towards its bright exterior. The success of the intervention lies in the fact that the radical interior transformation was done through a very subtle and discrete alteration of the traditional massive exterior.
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