light, air and stone

This is a country house located in the Catalan Empordà Spain. Although it’s surrounded by fruit trees and fields, it isn’t completely alone, as it shares a wall with another house of smaller size.

The house is the result of a series of extensions that happened over time giving answer to both residential and agricultural needs. The main intervention by Arquitectura G consists in introducing light and fresh air. Taking advantage of an existing ground floor patio, the owners opened up a new and larger one on the first floor where the pool is creating a connected public zone.

Exposing all the stone walls and removing minor walls allowed for new circulations that foster the labyrinthine character of the house, and paradoxically improving its use.

All the new steel structure is based on the rhythm of a series of 100×100 steel columns that are repeated in different parts. The new structure, as well as the new doors and window frames, is painted burgundy to easily make the distinction between what is new and what was already there.

Every room is connected to the whole, but designed as an independent unit, equipped with its own built-in furniture. #farmhouseperfection