Article source: Pepe Gascon Arquitectura

Some houses close in on themselves when connection with their surroundings is not desirable. However, others open up to their setting when it is clear that it endows them with qualities and provides their raison d’être and hence must become an intrinsic part of the project. This is the case of the Juncal y Rodney home since it is built on a plot of land located on the Begur massif (Girona) in one of the most sublime settings of the Costa Brava. The longitudinal volume of the north-south-facing building of two storeys – the upper one with three bedrooms and the lower one with the shared spaces – is thus open to the Mediterranean and the series of mountains and coves that are glimpsed on the horizon.

Image Courtesy © José Hevia

• Architects: Pepe Gascon Arquitectura
• Project: JUNCAL & RODNEY HOME
• Location: Begur, Girona, España
• Photography: José Hevia
• Collaborators: Jesús Gallego (int)
• Contractor: Construccions Coten, Pals (Girona), España
• Project year: September 2012
• Completion date: February 2014
• Project area: 361, 00 m2
• Cost: 518.000,00 €

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