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The Chicken Coop / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Chuck, chuck, chuck… called the landscape of our childhood. And we approached that wild chicken coop. It offered us a roe deer that observed us, a green woodpecker that was blending with the background, and several gardeners that gave us courgettes and onions. And then came the low fog of winter mornings, and the frost. The water flowed through the gutters, and we ate loquats from the tree, fresh and free of charge. And we could not leave. Because we wanted to be part of that landscape, without making noise, with our eyes open and a joyful spirit.

Rudolso House / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 03:00:00 +0000

I could talk to you about the way the vaults were formed; about the way the flooring tiles were manually kilned in a wood-fired oven; about the appreciation for the work of the stonemasons, who laid each stone thinking about how the next one would fit in; about the elaborate texture of the white façade: a tribute to the fishermen's houses. Or I could talk about the Cubist Picasso's inspiration for this break-joint huddle of simple houses, or about the Sacred funicular structure that holds up this composition...

Knot House / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Agustina Coulleri — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0000

When a plot of land only has the tiresome task of resolving the duality of the alignments of an urban framework, the only thing missing is that a house has to be built on top of it! Yes, this was the order: "Hold my beer...".

The Grandstand House / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000

On the slope of a volcano upholstered with low-cost houses, we have an opportunity to reform one of the two unique samples of this peculiar typology: an isolated cottage standing on horizontal rectangular terrain. The project, besides reforming and extending the house, has to solve the relationship of the original plot with the one above it, acquired later by the same owner. The upper part has a garage and better access than the lower one.

Retina House / Arnau estudi d’arquitectura

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000

An old red Massey Ferguson like Grandpa Joan's still works the land. In this fast-paced world, there are still ancient landscapes where the fumes of the neighbouring houses are important and accompany you in winter; corners of happiness where orchards outside the walls and on the banks of the river are nicely kept. This is the story of a family refuge where one can enjoy nature and simple things; of a time machine that wants to keep this precious landscape forever unchanged.

The Last House / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 19 May 2020 07:00:00 +0000

After the collapse of the old priest's house in the sixties, it was decided to build a new house based on the remaining walls. The need to use that new structure as storage left the inside of the house unbuilt. Our project of rebuilding and completing an unused structure as a new house starts out on this premise.

Bench House / Arnau estudi d’arquitectura

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 02:00:00 +0000

We have been commissioned to build another white house in a residential area on the outskirts of a town. The client is a large family consisting of parents, a daughter, two sons and a picture-perfect rabbit.

The Park House / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Clara Ott — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000

I remember the first conversation very well: ‘I have a plot in that neighborhood, it's right next to the park. I would like to build a simple, discreet house... And practical, very practical’. Maybe she was talking to me about that idealized practicality? The one that we think will lead us to happiness, and then we realize that what we want is to blow the trumpet or climb a very high summit. I am sorry, but what I was really interested in was that park.

Another House of the Neighbourhood / Arnau Estudi d’Arquitectura

Valentina Villa — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000

They ask us to extend the house, to live intensely the garden and to dispose of the attainable landscape; Nothing that has not done almost all the neighbours from this cheap houses neighbourhood of the fifties. But in these popular refurbishments, self-construction and simplicity of resources have traditionally outweighed the order, the foresight, or the hand of an architect. We look at the project respecting the values of chance and its diversity of materials and solutions, but also being faithful to rationality; We read the place and propose two extensions and a reform.

An Open-Air House / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000

Stretching itself out on the meadow, looking at the sky and all that is close to it: tree crowns, nearby mountain peaks, clouds, flying birds… the open-air house establishes the relationship with the surroundings through the courtyard, open to the sky and elevated things, and at the same time protects itself from the road and the neighbouring houses.

A Door to the Landscape / Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 05:00:00 +0000

It is an undetermined space in an old hospital building; we have a commission to design a new tourist office for the town. We start by searching for the space. We do it bearing in mind the values of the town and its surroundings – landscape, history, culture, identity – that we want to transmit, but also the involvement in the town’s storyline: we understand that a public building is at the same time a public space.