Modern Two-Story X House
A modern two-story X House by architect firm Cadaval & Sola-Morales was perched in the hills of Barcelona, Spain.
Notes from the designer: “The X House is also a constructive exploration: a technique regularly used for
the infrastructural construction such as bridges and tunnels, is here developed
to meet the architectural scale, aiming to incorporate efficiency, and reduction
of costs to the construction. The use of a mixed technique based on the
application of a high-density concrete allows projecting the material at a high
pressure to a single-sided formwork, and to acquire high structural resistance
in extremely short periods of time. Thus, it is possible to project continuous
6m high walls without the need to use a two-sided formwork (which would be the
regular construction procedure). The house is therefore a living expression of
the specific technique, and accumulates in its skin the diverse and continuous
knowledge acquired within the process of construction.”
via Neatorama
