The traditional houses of l’horta Nord have a unique magic. If you’ve walked through the old quarters of Meliana, Foios, Albalat dels Sorells, or Vinalesa, surely you’ve fallen in love with these facades narrow with large wooden shutters, ceilings endless, and these patios or yards interiors that promise afternoon eternal peace of mind.
However, take the plunge and buy one of these properties to make it in your new home can spark many questions. Where do you start? How safe is it to retain the original elements?
As an architect in Meliana specialized in the rehabilitation of the heritage residential local, I want to give you the key to the reform of your home village is a process with a safe, exciting, and, above all, with a spectacular result that combines tradition and modern comfort.
1. The structural diagnosis: the first is the security
Before designing the layout of your dreams or choose from the lining of the corral, it is vital to know the ‘health’ of the building. The traditional houses in our region tend to share a constructive system based on load-bearing walls of solid brick or masonry and ceilings with wooden beams.
- Inspection of the beams of wood: With the passing of years and the humidity typical of the mediterranean climate, it is critical to check that the beams do not suffer from moisture or attacks of termites or termite.
- Load-bearing walls: These homes hold thanks to its thick exterior walls and dividers. If you want to create a diaphanous space (for example, a living-dining room), it is necessary to conduct a study of loads and precise design of the structural reinforcements suitable for open holes with total security.
2. To keep the soul: wooden Beams, high ceilings and exposed brick
What makes it truly special the reform of a house of people is the contrast between the ancient and the contemporary. In JE Architecture always we are committed to recovering and give prominence to the original materials:
- Exposed beams: Sanding, to try and integrate the original wooden beams brings a warmth unmatched to any room.
- The height of the ceilings: to Preserve the high ceilings not only gives you an incredible sense of space, but also allows you to play with fake decorative ceilings to hide the new facilities (electricity, air conditioning) clean.
- Recovery of brick and stone: Let a wall of solid brick original seen in the living room or in the ascent of the staircase adds texture and local identity to the interior design.
3. The yard or patio mediterranean: The real treasure of l’horta Nord
In populations such as Meliana, Albalat dels Sorells, or Foios, barnyard butt is the core of family life. Is this private space in the open air and connect with nature.
To renovate your home, we conceive the courtyard as an added outside, but as a natural extension of the interior. Connect the living room or kitchen with the pen through the large windows of the glass allows you to:
- Flood the home with natural light, a resource is usually scarce in the lower floors of the village houses narrow.
- Encourage cross-ventilation, a solution bioclimatic traditional excellent for keeping the house cool during the harsh summers valencian without abusing of the air conditioning.
- Create a personal oasis with native plants, a small dining area outside and even a swimming pool or swimming pool built.
4. Energy efficiency in the reform of a village house
One of the biggest challenges in rehabilitation is the isolation. Older homes lack air chambers in their walls and tend to be prone to moisture by capillary action due to the level of the water table near the huerta of Valencia.
To ensure comfort and that your electricity bill is not firing, we apply advanced solutions of sustainable architecture:
- Inside thermal insulation (or cladding): we Protect thermally housing without altering the facade protected or historical.
- Treatment wetlands: Impermeabilizamos the bases of the walls to prevent moisture up from the ground.
- Woodwork high quality: we Install windows, wooden or aluminum with thermal bridge break and glass, low-emissive keep you warm in winter and cool in the summer.
Are you thinking about reforming your house people in l’horta Nord? Consultation with our architect in Meliana
To carry out the reform of a house of the people takes a team local technician that is familiar with the regulations of building councils as Meliana, Foios or Vinalesa, and share the passion for design is respectful of our environment.
In JE Architecture accompany you all the way: from the first technical visit to assess the real state of the housing, through the design to your liking, the management of the work permit city, to the address of the final work to ensure that everything is running to perfection.
Contact today with JE Architecture and tell us how it is the home of your dreams. We will be happy to help you make it a reality.