Caseta de les Brugueres Refurbishment
?Caseta de las Brugueras? refurbishment is a Project to rehabilitate a listed small Catalan country house or ?Mas?, to turn it into a small refuge for short-term vacation breaks.
Photography by © DEL RIO BANI
The ?Mas? is located in Priorat, an area of ??volcanic origin, a region with a rough and wild appearance, with landscapes of impressive luminosity. The building, settled in this same environment, retains the essence of the region; the silence and tranquility with maximum respect for the pre-existing construction and in close contact with the environment.
The building consists of two adjacent naves at different levels from different periods, adapted to the terrain?s topography.
The project?s primary purpose consisted in giving value to the existing construction; that is to say, differentiate the architectural intervention from the pre-existing ?Mas?. Photography by © DEL RIO BANI
One of the most important client?s requirements at the program level was to provide the house with a double space where the dining-living would be located. To solve the circulation between this space and the upper floor, we made a walkway to allow the light reach the lower floor.
As it is a catalogued façade, we opened just the necessary windows to guarantee a minimum of ventilation in the different rooms of the project. To maximize the entry of light, we have put Velux type windows.
Photography by © DEL RIO BANI
The actions on the structure involved r...