Garden renovation project and construction of a stone base with a swimming pool for a detached house located in Barcelona, just below the Collserola mountain. If we ask you what sensations the images of the project produce or inspire in you, we will surely agree that it inspires calm, tranquility and a certain wellbeing…

From our studio we look for those shapes and materials that help us to create healthy and unique environments that exude naturalness and well-being. Our goal is to turn spaces into authentic transmitters of peace and happiness. But how do we achieve this? On the one hand, we are committed to climate change and we understand that today’s architecture cannot be anything other than bioclimatic and sustainable. In this particular project we have applied sustainability strategies in 3 different ways:

– with the choice of sustainable materials and light tones.

– the reuse and exploitation of materials to create new architectural elements.

– location of the “chill out” in relation to the shade produced by the vegetation itself. The light gray porcelain stoneware of the base gives us some freshness and avoids high thermal inertia that could increase the temperature and decrease the comfort of the terrace in summer. As for the reuse of materials, we have used the wood of the initial garden decking to turn it into an adjacent fence. In addition, we have also preserved an olive tree to place the “chill out” area next to it and protect it from the afternoon sun. These strategies are examples of how our studio approaches sustainability and responsibility, as well as commitment to our planet. At QART

-Architecture we seek the balance of forms to live in harmony and balance. Everything that surrounds us on a physical level brings us good or bad energies. In this sense, architecture plays an important role in the well-being of people and, for this reason, we are committed to pure geometries that inspire calm and materials with light tones that spread light and vitality.