M House MDBArchitects & Guallart Architects

TERRACING, SIMPLICITY, WOOD

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Guallart Architects: www.guallart.com

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The project of the house M, it is located in La Nou de Gaia, a small locality in the north of Tarragona, Spain.
It is a small village, but with an ancient very well kept center. The house is located in this ancient center, which rises on the plateau of the zone, with historical defensive character, so that the zone northwest of the village looks at ai???Els masos de Vespellaai???, with a very attractive sights and a fantastic sunset. The principal element of the project, it is the context; The relation with the landscape and the surroundings of the housing, so that this one is closed to the village, and it is opened towards the valley in the western part through large windows, capturing maximum light into the house. There are four levels which create different facades plans, generating terraces of different characters, according to the interior use of the volume.
In the interior, an opened wooden stair relates the four levels, organizing the spaces needed by the client. The principal materials are concrete, metal, wood and the light in the interior and the stone in the exterior.The simplicity as the greater sophistication

Studio: MDBArchitects & Guallart Architects

Project name:M House

Year:2013

Location: La Nou de Gai , Tarragona

Client:Private

Main architects: Maria D az

Collaborators: Esther Rovira, Andrea Imaz, Francesca Caffari, Cecilia Caffari

Size and total area:

Image credits Courtesy of: Adri Goula

Structure: VALTER VALENCIANA DE ESTRUCTURAS, S.L

Technical architect: Pilar Sierra

 

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