Refurbishment of a House in La Tallada by Arquitectura-G

Description of project by Arquitectura-G

This house is located in La Tallada, a small typical village in the region Empordà, in Spain. The house that was commissioned to be refurbished, had different modifications and extensions throughout the building life that had given a particular appearance of defensive tower to the volume. The target of the project was to emphasize this vertical character, which seemed so attractive in relation to the context. It starts in the entrance of the house with an ascending flow through the stairs, accessing and connecting the different areas until reaching the swimming pool, the highest point of the house.

Some of the existing openings of the volume had an elongated shape with arches, which is a traditional typology of the area, so it was decided to copy that pattern and repeat it along the upper floor, both in windows, doors and internal connections between spaces. Also the main façade is taking part of this language, revealing the interior sequence of piled up spaces through a large vertical opening.

Every room is designed as a single piece, and the furniture is built on site and finished in square ceramic tiles of 13 cm. The decision of covering every horizontal surface with this reddish brown element is creating an iridescent widespread system of layers overlapping each other, and being revealed through diagonal views. The trace of time will be visible due to the contrast between the matte tiles of the floor and the reflection of the new and shiny ceramics.