Article source: Hidalgo Hartmann

We find ourselves on a horizontal ground, a corner plot raised on two large slopes like a vantage point from which to enjoy superb views towards the agricultural plain that stretches at his feet until reaching Salt and the city of Girona. It is thus an exceptional setting that claims for an intervention that recognizes the attributes of the site and put them in value. We placed a silent, hermetic volume that emerges from the site and adopts the original profile of the hill, like a fortress that visually dominate the landscape. The volume encloses itself from the outside and is protected from the mediocre constructions that surround it by using the broken geometry of two thick walls.

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• Architects: Hidalgo Hartmann
• Project: Montfullà House
• Location: Montfullà, Girona, Spain
  
• Photography: Jordi Hidalgo Tané
• Team: Jordi Hidalgo Tané (architect), Daniela Hartmann (interior)
• Technical Architect: Rafel Serra Torrent
• Collaborators: Ana Roque, arquitecto, Rafel Serra Torrent, arquitecto técnico, Julia Fernandez Roldán
• Area: 340 sqm
• Year: 2010

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