Retina House

Arnau estudi d'arquitectura
Involved architects (1)
Arnau estudi d'arquitectura
Involved architects
Arnau Vergés Tejero

In this project, the adaptation to the topography of the land is the construction of a meadow. Elements such as the garage, the raft, the footbridge or the sloping back wall that follows and cuts the steep slope, form a plan. And, on top of it, rests an autonomous rectangular volume that houses the minimum functions of the dwelling in a single open-plan space; to the south, a room for living, eating and resting; and within the thick wall that isolates us from the north, the services and the entrance.

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Marc Torra Ferrer

This architectural object transforms its relationship with its surroundings as the seasons progress through the filter of riverside vegetation that accompanies it, but also through the changing expression of its gaze, which enjoys the landscape sheltered from the sun when it lifts its eyelids. And, fearful of the transience of this sober beauty, the shelter rests unsteadily on a ledge on the margin like an owl about to take flight with the hunted landscape on its retina.

Marc Torra Ferrer

General information

Retina House

YEAR

2017

Status

Built

Option to visit

Closed to visitors

Address

Pth. Doma, 3

17811 Santa Pau - Girona

Latitude: 42.146223851

Longitude: 2.5731778653

Classification

Building materials

Concrete

Wood

Construction system

Reinforced concrete

Built area

1 - 500 m²

Awards

XIV BEAU

FAD 2018

Involved architects

Arnau Vergés Tejero

Collaborators

Jordi Cusidó (Collaborator)

Josep Maria Codinach (Technical architect)

Involved architectural firms

Arnau estudi d'arquitectura

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