Un galliner és una llar per a les gallines, una fortificació per al gorja blanc, una fàbrica d’ous per a qui les cuida i una altra arquitectura per al paisatge. Aquest artefacte quotidià, sovint construït a partir d’una composició … Continued
1921. Eixample Malagrida of Olot. At the height of the construction boom of bourgeois summer houses in the neighbourhood, the architect Isidre Bosch designed this house for the “American” Gratacós. He aimed to give it the appearance of an … Continued
When a plot of land only has the tiresome task of resolving the duality of the alignments of an urban framework, the only thing missing is that a house has to be built on top of it! Yes, this … Continued
We were asked to add a sewing room to a small compact house built on the slope of a volcano. And at that moment, we assumed the full responsibility of this commission, because a client who requests a sewing … Continued
Joan told me that the peregrine falcon has made its nest on the escarpments of Sant Julià. With its feet on the ground, its body up in the sky and its distant gaze, the falcon house rests confidently on … Continued
Sliding down the slope of a rocky mountain, the house moves by itself. And then it stops. It seems to have found a good enough place in the natural morphology of the terrain to fit in and to let … Continued
After the collapse of the old priest’s house, in the sixties it was decided to build a new house based on the remaining walls. The need to use that new structure as a feed storage left the inside of … Continued
On the slope of a volcano upholstered with low-cost houses, we have an opportunity to reform one of the two unique samples of this peculiar typology: an isolated cottage standing on a horizontal rectangular terrain. The project, besides reforming … Continued
Tangent to the border between the village and the forest, this rocky house that rests on the base of a small hill stands up after some sliding down the slope. Its presence is the landmark of the entry into … Continued
I remember the first conversation very well: ‘I have a plot in that neighborhood, it’s right next to the park. I would like to build a simple, discreet house… And practical, very practical’. Maybe she was talking to me … Continued