This project by Bruther and Baunkunst perfectly embodies the concept of integration in architecture, where the structural system, building services, and envelope do not merely coexist but actively interact and reinforce one another.
In this social housing project by the French architects Barrault Pressacco, one idea stands out: the clear separation between the building’s structure and its envelope. The structure, defined by generous spans and durable materials, is designed to adapt to different uses over time. The envelope, made from natural and locally sourced materials, is treated as an independent layer with a shorter life cycle, ready to change as needs evolve.
This single-family house in Lleida, by the architect Josep Bunyesc, has two important premises:
In the same way that we wonder whether the chicken or the egg came first, we could ask ourselves who takes the first steps in innovation: the architect proposing new solutions, or the industry developing them?. In most cases, developments in industry respond to new approaches suggested by architects.
AL EMPEZAR EL PROYECTO VIMOS QUE LA MEJOR MANERA DE ASENTARSE EN EL EMPLAZAMIENTO ERA DE UNA FORMA SUTIL Y CON TACTO. AL COMENZAR A INSPECCIONAR EL TERRENO VIMOS QUE TODA LA ZONA ESTABA RODEADA POR BOSQUES.
The modular and low density character of the mat building typology in which the project is based gives as a result a large number of façades, but of similar characteristics. Due to this premise, it was chosen an unitized panel system of double height that respond to the big and regular dimensions of the building, with the aim of systematizing its construction.
The façade of San Telmo museum manages to extract all possible design potential from the succession of layers. The surprising thing in this case is that the architects are not limited to the façade layers. In their proposal, they consider as layers the planes that follow one another when a transversal cut is made into the building. So the built volume and its limits, the façade and the mountain all merge.
Here we see a very interesting process of replacing a stick curtain wall with another, whilst keeping the building in use and without a provisional enclosure a few metres from the façade.
There is little to say here, it is just a masterpiece!
Jean Prouvé was probably the first architect working as a façade specialist.
He was probably the first to opt firmly for façade prefabrication.
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Some cladding panels offer many possibilities. In these single-family houses in Palma, the panels used for the outer layer of a rainscreen façade are perforated in the terrace space to define an umbraculum. There is no change of material and the composition of prisms remains nearly unaltered; it is simply a matter of lattices.