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Location: Girona, Spain
From architect: “Inspired by classic villas found in nearby power, this house in Albons, Girona, in Northern Spain, aimless Mediterranean typology with a closing wall, a central sky-lit stream, and rooms organized around it.
“Two rough plastered walls, protecting the house from sharp northern winds, orientation of these walls, the orientation of these walls, and harmonious flow. Within this involvement, it is encouraged to attach to attachment attached Le Corbusier and Sigurd Leverentz-Architects known for obsessions, frames and openings.
“Three parties evoke the spirit of the Roman villa. First, like a villager, is overhanging and regulating the rims in the house. The third paved Bandiz reminded the climate and regulating the climate in his house. Cloisr, filled with aromatic plants.
“Together, the walls, patios and their spatial arrangement create a joyous and intimate environment. The use of concrete as primary construction materials and its use in colonnades are delinating patiotes, silently suggests in the presence of ancient ruins.
“The rooms are arranged around patios in three independent pavilions that are easy, open and dialogue. On the interior, the impacts itself can be further identified in the selection of furniture, wooden plots, and open staircase. The semicolonary structure also contributes to this Modernist performance, as well as an approach that celebrates the characteristic properties of selected materials.
“The house is composed of bandwidth, partial elements such as ceramic grilts, glass, steel and wood; these allow bigger, shade and laughter to move freely through the property, so that it could be said that the building could be built more air.”