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.

© Marc Torra Ferrer

Architects: Arnau Estudi d'Arquitectura

Location: 17178 Les Preses, Girona, Spain

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Marc Torra Ferrer

Author Architect: Arnau Vergès Tejero

Collaborators: Xevi Bayona, Jordi CusidÛ Carrera

© Marc Torra Ferrer
From the architect. 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.This design project is located in a residential district build on an old vegetable plot and crops demarcated by pumice walls. The house is situated in one of the ends of this site and borders on a road in the north-west, on other houses in the south and in the east, and there are trees from the four winds. In this location,...