Jesús Granada, architectural photographer
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Stiva da Mors in Vrin, Switzerland.
‘Stiva da morts’ – a community mortuary building and not merely a room or hall for viewing the deceased – expresses a particular attitude to an architectural task that is currently in growing demand throughout the region. Traditional burial rites that included viewing the deceased in his or her own home are steadily disappearing. More…
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Gasthaus am Brunnen in Valendas, Switzerland.
The brief for this guesthouse project consisted of the renovation of an old building in the central square of Valendas and the construction of a new annex over the ruins of an adjacent stable, now derelict and unusable. The project basically includes a community functions room, a gourmet restaurant and eight guest rooms. The new wing not only…
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Dwellings in Valendas, Switzerland.
The free-standing house is the focus of growing criticism in the context of a planet threatened by climate change and other ecological imbalances. The problem is that free-standing homes consume too many resources, and Valendas, a small village on the right bank of the Rhine Gorge, thinks that is no longer acceptable. The village wanted an alternative form…
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