How do you protect and respect your grandparents’ house Update it The way we live now? The question was that Marina Hernandez and Rafael Calero, who are a couple of both in life and in professional (as the founder Che.studio), Asked himself.
“When we started this project, we knew that we had a responsibility for the place and its history. Marina’s grandparents made it with their own hands, and it keeps the memories of the whole family. We treated it with great respect. This deep connection turns into a reflection of our history. We were ready to work in this place.
The most important goal was to maintain the original essence of the property and ensure that the surrounding landscape remained intact. “The biggest challenge was that designing with an honor for what was already present, both natural elements and man -made,” says Hernandez. This means that Holm ox, topography and granite, as well as buildings built by my grandparents. “They have a strong emotional value for us. From the beginning, we knew that we wanted to intervene as low as possible,” he continues.
