A Spanish architect has designed the standardized prototype of a prefabricated terrace that could turn any cheap apartment into a habitable place – and not just in the event of another lockdown.
It’s not untrue that you don’t know what you have until you lose it. But this year we have learned that you don’t know what you don’t have until you need it. And one very specific lack has become very clear to many of us during this long lockdown: not having a terrace. Never before has the adjective necessary accompanied the word terrace so often.
And with this idea in mind, Spanish architect Luis Quintano has developed Stayhöme, a standardized prototype of a prefabricated terrace. It basically consists of a modular frame that adapts to the structural needs of each building and also to the tastes of each community.
The suitability of the project is absolute and the timing is also extremely precise. It took an extraordinary event like a pandemic and a lockdown to highlight the need for terraces for a livable home.
Quintano’s idea is designed a priori for buildings on the periphery and faces several obstacles in city centers: The alteration of facades is not usually easily allowed in urban ordinances. The other condition for the realization of the idea is financial support – and the associated scalability of prices.