On the southern slope of the Batet plateau overlooking the Puigsacalm massif, we conceived this project for a house based on the needs of a family, the conditions of a place and the arrangement of a structure, without ever knowing which is the crux of the matter: a family of three with part-time grandparents and cats who are boss; an elevated plot facing southwest; a rhythmic structure that gives itself the appearance of being emancipated but that owes itself to everything and everyone.

The structural scheme that sustains it and the sincere materiality that builds this house does not admit cosmetics or pretend to smell new; it does not fear the passage of time because it knows that the history it has lived will make its eyes shine brighter and will firmly establish it on its piece of land, on its landscape.

As an observer outside the project, I pass this house day after day on my way to the studio and enjoy discovering how it changes and expresses itself based on the light and the position of its enclosures: in the morning it opens up to the landscape, extroverted and domestic, while in the evening it withdraws, enigmatic and abstract. And then I say to myself: we have drawn a doll’s house.