Floor Area: 230 sqm Team: I.Rivaya Quantity surveyor: Ll. Colomer Structural engineering: I. Argento Photo: P.Viladoms

The selected materials for the house reflects its natural setting. Walnut furniture and the limestone masonry contrast with the clear painter mortar rendering. The blue tiles of the pools, brings additional  texture and colour to the exterior façade. The large eaves protects the interior spaces from the sun and gives sharp expression of the house. […]

The environment where the project is located is characterized by the presence of houses between party walls from the early twentieth century, with mortar plastered facades and vertical windows, which have often suffered alterations over the years. The facades of the housing will be adapted to the urban environment using materials learned from their context […]

With the purpose to avoid shadows in the garden, R5 house is located in the highest corner of the plot and has an L plant which define the garden and makes the inner rooms relate to the outside.

A small residential area in the Pyrenees is the location of a small summer house which was designed as mountain shelter: a home of few meters, low technology and built with a limited palette of materials.