The Nau House: Spaces with Identity. Talking with Carol Iborra

Authors

  • Alexis Caridad Méndez González Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, CUJAE. La Habana, Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1383-2060

Keywords:

Architecture, rehabilitation, interior design, Nau House, Carol Iborra Pérez

Abstract

How to rehabilitate an industrial warehouse as a family home? Can the new spaces identify their occupants? These are some of the motivations that led to interviewing the architect Carol Iborra Pérez, author and executor of the rehabilitation of an industrial warehouse into a family home, known as Casa Nau (Poble Nou, Barcelona, 1999). A guided tour is made by the designer herself, through the ample and unique space of the house, in which the different areas with appropriate interior solutions are distinguished. It shows how it is possible to make good architecture from a built space whose "obsolescence" pointed to its disappearance, rescuing and giving a second chance not only to the property, but also to the neighborhood where it is located.

Author Biography

Alexis Caridad Méndez González, Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, CUJAE. La Habana, Cuba

 Doctora en Ciencias Técnicas. Arquitecta. Profesora Titular Consultante. Colaboradora de la  Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, CUJAE. La Habana, Cuba. Miembro del Consejo de Asesores de AU. La Habana, Cuba.

E-mail: alexis.c.mendez@gmail.com

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org//0000-0003-1383-2060

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Published

2022-06-27

How to Cite

Méndez González, A. C. (2022). The Nau House: Spaces with Identity. Talking with Carol Iborra. Revista científica De Arquitectura Y Urbanismo, 43(1), 68–74. Retrieved from https://rau.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/revistaau/article/view/673

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2022): Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Section

Of Kingdom of this World

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