Eixample full renovation
Sustainable transformation and cutting-edge design
At Reformayahorra Group, we transform spaces with cutting-edge design to achieve maximum functionality, adapting to the specific needs of each client. Our complete, personalized and cost-effective solutions integrate bioconstruction and biohabitability, with a focus on reuse, recycling and environmental sustainability, which includes energy valorization.
In this house built in 1970 it was proposed:
- Safe distribution with functional adaptation: Taking into account that in old town buildings the structure must be analyzed very well, the minimum demolitions were made maintaining part of the partitions or reinforcing with wooden porticos to create more open spaces, 2 rooms were enlarged from a space of 3 rooms, one of them interior that did not ventilate to the outside, creating very personal spaces adapted to the client's requests.
- Exposed installations: In order not to weaken the partitions or load-bearing walls, the installations were made exposed through a metal conduit, creating a rustic-industrial environment. The large and robustly designed kitchen met the expectations of some French clients who gave great importance to the cooking space.
- Functional and modern bathroom: Ceramic on the shower walls and anti-condensation paint on the rest, and the floor also ceramic imitation of hydraulic mosaic, shower, toilet and integral bathroom furniture.
- Sustainable commitment: natural woods with FSC certificate were used and, together with smart energy solutions, carpentry and some parts of the original pavement were reused.
In our renovations we follow a series of guidelines that allow us to offer renovations adaptable to any budget, make spaces flexible, avoid partitions as much as possible, optimize the entry of natural light and use natural materials as much as possible, and we also contribute to the environmental health of the planet by promoting and driving:
1.- Abandon the development model focused on the aggregate growth of the Gross Domestic Product, differentiating the productive sectors that can grow and need investment (for example, essential public sectors such as energy, education, health and sustainable materials), from other sectors that have to decrease due to their unsustainability, especially those associated with the use of fossil or nuclear fuels, mining and non-essential consumer goods.
2.- Prioritize proximity and materialize it, favoring short supply chains. For example, distributed or decentralized generation of electricity is a fundamental part of environmental sustainability. It consists of the generation of electricity by many small generation sources that are installed near consumption points.
3.- Abandon fossil fuels and promote a rapid and just transition to fully renewable energies, which allow the use of a common good, such as solar or wind energy, so that the wealth generated by using, transforming and using it has an impact on the well-being of the whole society and, especially, of the people who live in the territories close to the uses and, that in no case, the use of energy is done with the criteria of the extractive economy that has practiced productivism. Reuse must be promoted and incentivized through the restoration and repair of already produced goods.
