This is a country house located in the Catalan Empordà. Although it?s surrounded by fruit trees and fields, it isn?t completely alone, as it shares a wall with another house of smaller size.

© José Hevia

Architects: ARQUITECTURA-G

Location: La Bisbal d'Empordà, Girona, Spain

Area: 900.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: José Hevia

© José Hevia

This is a country house located in the Catalan Empordà. Although it?s surrounded by fruit trees and fields, it isn?t completely alone, as it shares a wall with another house of smaller size.

© José Hevia

The house is the result of a series of extensions that happened over time giving answer to both residential and agricultural needs. When we first arrived we discovered different volumes in three levels, with a myriad of enchained rooms, with some of them lacking light and ventilation. The central part of the house was the most obscure part of it as it was far from the windows. 
© José Hevia

The main intervention consists in introducing light and fresh air in the core of the house creating exterior areas of relation. We take advantage of an existing ground floor patio, and we open up a new and larger one in the first floor. This last one puts in relation the more public areas of the house, and is where the pool is.

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