The 1615 House, designed by Nordest Arquitectura, is nestled in the picturesque town of Begur, Catalonia. The plot features a significant slope, with a dramatic 17-meter elevation difference between the front (north boundary) and back (south boundary).
The assignment consisted in the construction of a guest pavilion as an extension of the main house. Our first thought was to create a shape clear and simple, a cuboid placed in the middle of the forest, changing as less as possible the surrounding characteristics, as if it had always been there.
This catalan house is inspired by the old farm buildings that they used to appear outskirts the historical cities centre. The idea starts from the colocation of a principal volume that would include the public spaces of the house and the other smaller volumes contain the private ones.
