"In Gijón, Spain, HANGHAR completes Casa Guadalupe, a 120-square-meter single-family home fabricated entirely off-site and assembled within 48 hours. The house translates industrialized construction into a contemporary domestic setting, combining a lightweight steel structure, ventilated facade, and corrugated metal roof into a precise, workshop-controlled system. The project positions prefabrication as a calibrated architectural tool grounded in the Asturian landscape. Fully fabricated in a workshop, the house was transported by semi-trailers and assembled on-site in a short timeframe, with the main structure erected in two days."
"Casa Guadalupe draws from the agricultural shed and the casa mariñana, two figures deeply embedded in the territory. In the suburban edge of Gijón, described as more rural than residential, these types continue to shape scale, plot occupation, and the relationship between buildings and land. The Madrid-based architects at HANGHAR reinterpret their clear volumetric logic and direct engagement with climate through a restrained contemporary language."
"Raised on a system of piers, the building adapts to the irregular topography and minimizes earthwork, allowing it to touch the ground lightly rather than overwrite it. A lightweight steel frame supports a ventilated facade composed of sandwich panels and an insulated air cavity, while the corrugated metal roof completes a coherent envelope designed for thermal performance and fabrication control. Casa Guadalupe frames prefabrication as flexibility, using an industrialized system that supports detailing and spatial quality while maintaining replicability and cost control."
Casa Guadalupe is a 120-square-meter single-family house in Gijón fabricated entirely off-site and assembled on-site within 48 hours. The project employs a lightweight steel structure, ventilated sandwich-panel facade with an insulated air cavity, and a corrugated metal roof to create a workshop-controlled, thermally performant envelope. Modules were transported by semi-trailers and the main structure erected in two days, reducing on-site disturbance. The building is raised on piers to adapt to irregular topography and minimize earthwork. The design references agricultural sheds and the casa mariñana, translating local volumetry and climate engagement into a restrained contemporary language while prioritizing replicability and cost control.
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