TEST architecture studio has just completed its first rehabilitation project for three rural single-family homes in an area of Tarragona, characterized by its large olive groves, in Catalonia, Spain.

With the opportunity they have been given, the architects have decided to project the three exercises under the same book, relating them to each other. They consider it more than a home but a refuge, since clients were looking for a space to isolate themselves, collect themselves and retire.
Human shelter in an olive grove is a rehabilitation project that the TEST architecture studio has carried out in an old stone construction building, which meant an action that goes unnoticed.

The façade was painted the same color as the earth itself to camouflage the building in the environment. In addition, the interior spaces were expanded through excavations so that the renovation could not be seen from the outside and thanks to this earthworks a bathroom could be included. inside.
 
«In biology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be a predation strategy or an anti-predator adaptation. "Methods include camouflage, nocturnality, subterranean lifestyle and mimicry."
Julia Tarnawski



Human Shelter in an Olive Grove by TEST. Photograph by Gregori Civera.

Project description by TEST

This is the first in a network of shelters in a protected area of olive groves. To avoid being detected, we have developed several camouflage strategies.

The walls are coloured with a mixture of lime, water and earth, and the openings are covered with metal sheets that imitate stone prints. The main chamber, just over 9 by 30 feet, expands through a series of underground galleries that serve as water, food, energy and waste storage.

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@Hodeistudio.
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40 sqm.
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2023.
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Tarragona, Spain.
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TEST is an architecture studio founded by architect Albert Guerra, Adrián Jurado, Julia Tarnawski based in Barcelona.
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