Projectes

A PASSAGEWAY HOUSE

  On a rectangular plot of land on the banks of a river, we are to work out a compact house: a prismatic volume determined by the limits of the urban planning regulations that we will willingly accept and exhaust. … Continued

THE HUT OF PERER

  An architectural object that identifies a landscape, a landmark for the people of the place, a hood that protects the precious treasure of memory. A hut that by now only contained poetry, brick pillars hanging from the sky, an … Continued

THE POPULAR HOUSE

  Back in Olot of the 1920s, while Manuel Malagrida was building the Eixample Malagrida or “of the rich”, Rafael Arau was urbanising the Eixample Popular or “of the poor”. And in this neighbourhood, between different typologies and gradients to … Continued

THE BARNYARD OF A FARMHOUSE

  At the barnyard of La Moixina, no one beats out buckwheat anymore. Today, however, this traditional social meeting place is more necessary than ever: to have a chat, to ask about your life, to look into your eyes, not … Continued

LA MARE DELS OUS

  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

THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW

  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

KNOT HOUSE

  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

THE SEWING ROOM

  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

FALCON HOUSE

  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