This modern farmhouse redesigned by Francesc Rifé Studio is located in Sant Martí, Barcelona, Spain.

Description by Francesc Rifé Studio
Located in a small valley of the Vallès region in Catalonia, this farmhouse was reborn a few years ago with the construction of a horse stable linked to the property. The starting point for the grand renovation was a three-floor building with austere structure and following the lower height buildings added throughout the time around it. Besides wanting to give a new use to them, the main challenge has been to create a dialogue among themselves, finally acting as a group and not as the independent buildings they had been. To reconnect them, a large metal pergola, in anthracite gray finish, embraces both the front and back of the house, and its annexes. These considerations of design extend to the interior, in search of a harmony between the wide palette of archaic materials, vaults, and masonry stones that already dressed the dwelling originally. To create a minimalist atmosphere, the tonality of all the elements is unified through a white glaze, applied both to walls and ceilings. In pavements, although the studio has tried to keep all the original materials, such as adobe ceramics, the poor condition of some surfaces, and the marks of the previous divisions have led to concrete coating the ground floor and in natural oak wood of upper plants.
Each of the floors of the house is divided into three territories, one ...