Article source: Anna & Eugeni Bach, arquitectes

On a narrow, elongated site where a house already stood it was proposed to build a small studio that could be used as both a paint workshop and an occasional weekend home for the children of the owners.

The starting point for the project was given by the financial aspect, as it needed to be an economically viable project on a tiny budget estimated at seventy thousand euros. This factor limited both the structural possibilities and the finishes, which meant we had a very clear starting premise: we needed to work with the local industrial­ists (if possible from the same village), and with technical solutions that they were accustomed to, as they were the traditionally adopted ones in the typical constructions of the area. This premise led us to work with load bearing walls, single-direction forgings, aluminium windows of reasonable dimensions and conventional finishes such as painted render.

Image Courtesy © Jordi Bernadó

• Architects: Anna & Eugeni Bach, arquitectes
• Project: House
• Location: c/ Afores s/n, Gaüses, Vilopriu, Spain
• Photography: Jordi Bernadó
• Constructor: Jordi Marcó (structure), Ormetal (windows) Pere Taberner (carpenter), Josep Ventalló (installations), Lluís Gifra (metal structure)
• Quantity surveyor: Alfons Brugué
• Budget: 70.000 €
• Built Surface: 90 m²
• Project Dates: June 2004 – December 2004
• Work on Site: April 2005 – January 2007

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