Interview: Harquitectes – The Art of Clever Construction

Issue
01-02/2019 Material Aesthetics
Author
Jakob Schoof
Source
DETAIL
Like passe-partouts, sun protection elements frame the windows in the garden façade of Granollers house. In the masonry walls, the architects combined two types of bricks with different densities and load-bearing capacities.
© Adrià Goula
The Catalan office, Harquitectes combines traditional regional construction methods with technically innovative solutions in their buildings. For the winners of the Detail Prize 2018, design is a research and development process that continues until the completion of a building.
Like passe-partouts, sun protection elements frame the windows in the garden façade of Granollers house. In the masonry walls, the architects combined two types of bricks with different densities and load-bearing capacities.
© Adrià Goula