MM House in Spain

MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau

MM HOUSE

Atheleia Arquitectura

COLLABORATORS
Ramon Soler, Quim Gallart, José Roldán

MANUFACTURERS
Technal, Arkoslight, Soprema, Clausius, Schutz

DESIGN TEAM
Salvador Tarradas, Borja Fernández, Cristina Franco

ENGINEERING
Bg Blàzquez Guanter

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pep Sau

AREA
3983 ft²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Montagut Y Oix, Spain

CATEGORY
Houses, Houses Interiors

TWO LANDSCAPES, TWO VIEWS

The site is located on the slopes of Alta Garrotxa in the municipality of Montagut (Girona - Catalonia) facing south towards the Fluvià river valley.

MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau

The impressive landscape penetrates the living space generating a distant view from the inside. The second view, towards a small stream, creates an intimate and private space.

The functional program is designed for the parents and their daughter sharing the same residence while each unit maintains its privacy and its own garden.

The house is articulated on the land with the idea to become part of the landscape itself, generating volumes of concrete that make up the transitioning spaces and their different atmospheres.

MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau

These spaces are located around two open areas of the home, the living room and the bedrooms, with their porches with views to the valley and the stream.

The concept of the house is a reinterpretation of the three-nave structure of the traditional Catalan farmhouse (Masia), combining a structure of concrete and a central nave with steel beams.

MM House in Spain
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau

The concrete walls are inspired by rural structures: pinewoods were used as formworks for the concrete walls imprinting their rough texture.

These walls will, with time, come to a complete harmony with the landscape, colored like the land from which they were built.

MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau


MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau
MM House in Spain
© Pep Sau


MM House in Spain
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MM House in Spain
Site plan
MM House in Spain
Ground floor plan
MM House in Spain
Ground floor plan - Basement
MM House in Spain
1st floor plan
MM House in Spain
1st floor plan
MM House in Spain
1st floor plan - Constructive
MM House in Spain
Situation
MM House in Spain
Emplacement