La Trufera House: Material restitution of an existing shed

Abstract

In recent years, in a perspective of some global processes such as the climate crisis and the consideration of the limited nature of natural resources, architecture has begun to problematize the material condition of the built fact with greater emphasis. Taking into account that architecture tends to order a quantity of material, to provide the necessary space within which the daily activities of the human being take place, a contingent question to elaborate is whether said matter -which in general terms does not disappear but rather transforms-, it can be recovered to once again give it an architectural advantage, lengthening its useful life and improving efficiency in terms of economy and environmental care. Perhaps the possible answers to this question are those underlying the design of the house presented below: based on the dismantling, transfer and selective recovery of the wood from an old shed and the repetition of its structural typology, it intends, on the one hand, to establish a reading of heritage rescue, and on the other hand, to testify about the condition of environmental sustainability with an emphasis on material restitution and recycling.