MAS CADALT

Fernando Guerra [FG+SG]

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Is it possible to restore a way of life? Can it be done with the same delicacy used to recover an ancient object?
This project was born first from understanding, and then from intervening only where necessary. Located in the heart of Serrat de la Cadalt, the commission consisted of updating an abandoned farmhouse and adapting it to contemporary needs.
Through a reinterpreted tradition, the original volume and typology are preserved, transforming only what is essential. The scale of the existing spaces has been respected, aligning each one with a specific part of the new program. The new inhabitants left their life in London to begin a new chapter in Girona—surrounded by trees, calm, and light. Perhaps this project is also a good example of an idea that began to take shape in the 1990s: the possibility of working from anywhere. The professional activity they developed in London continues unchanged, but is now carried out in an exceptional natural setting.

photo_credit Fernando Guerra [FG+SG] — Fernando Guerra [FG+SG]

On the entrance level are the kitchen—incorporating the triple height of the existing tower—and the living room, oriented toward views of the Sierra de la Cadalt. On the upper floor, two bedrooms have been arranged, while the lower level reinterprets the former space once used for animals as a multipurpose room. The adjacent volume, which once housed farming equipment, has been repurposed as a garage, with an upper-floor studio where designer Terence Woodgate now carries out his work.
The traditional construction system typical of these Girona farmhouses, common throughout the Empordà region, is based on load-bearing walls made of irregular limestone masonry bonded with lime mortar. The corners, lintels, and jambs were built with finely cut ashlar blocks, providing structural precision and stability to the whole. Inside, walls were typically finished with a lime and sand plaster, topped with a layer of slaked lime. This finish made cleaning easier and, above all, improved the brightness of the interior spaces. In the current intervention, after reconstructing and repairing the limestone bearing walls, a layer of cork-based thermal insulation was added to ensure better energy performance. Inside, a second skin was created to increase brightness, improve maintenance conditions, and discreetly integrate all the necessary systems for contemporary living. The limestone flooring maintains material coherence throughout the project.

The interior has been conceived as a space suspended between architecture and product design. In this sense, electrical outlets are flush with the walls, construction elements meet at a single point, and every decision seeks to be honest with the era in which the intervention was carried out—creating a precise dialogue between the existing and the contemporary.
The house is completely self-sufficient in terms of energy and water. Thanks to the installation of photovoltaic panels with batteries and a system of custom-designed cisterns, the home achieves a high level of autonomy. One of the cisterns has been transformed into a pool for cooling off. The surrounding hectares of land, some of them cultivated, produce more than enough food to meet the needs of the British couple who live in the farmhouse.

It is often said that when someone begins a creative endeavor, their friends and enemies, family, memories, fears, and desires are all present in their studio. But if one takes the necessary time, they all gradually leave, and with luck, in the end, the self disappears too.
We like to think that this project was developed from that same attitude: with the naturalness of restoring the damaged pieces and adding only those that were missing.

Team:

Interior Design | Alfaro Hofmann

Devdeloper | Terence & Paula Woodgate

Technical Architect | Xavier Baldrich

Structural Engineer | Windmill Structural Consultants

Photographer | Fernando Guerra

Video | Jesús Orrico

General Contractor | Construccions Costa Burch S.l.

Collaborators | Pablo Camarasa | Collaborating Architect

Materials Used:

Air conditioning Solar panels and batteries, aerothermal system and water wells.
Mechanisms: Design by Terence Woodgate.
Interior lighting: False ceiling recesses. Led linear luminaire.
Exterior lighting: IDE Lightec.
Interior Flooring: Nerinea. Natural Moraira limestone, honed finish
Exterior Flooring: Nerinea. Natural Moraira limestone, sandblasted finish.
Coatings: Solid Surface Himacs. Punti. Lacquered wood and plasterboard panels.
Blinds: Tecnicolor.

Carp. Interior: Fuestería Molas S.L.
Interior Doors: Fuestería Molas S.L.
Exterior Carp: IMG Windows

Woodgate Sofa: Designed by Terence Woodgate for SCP, UK.
Slot Shelving System: Designed by Matthew Hilton, for Case, UK.
Eos Sun Lounger: Designed by Matthew Hilton, for Case, UK.
Carbon Fibre Table: Designed by Terence Woodgate & John Barnard.
Line Taps: Designed by Terence Woodgate for RVB, Belgium.
Sussex Cabinet: Designed by Terence Woodgate for Punt Mobles, Spain
Glo-Ball Lights: Designed by Jasper Morrison for Flos, Italy.
Tri-Space Bar Stools: Designed by Terence Woodgate & John Barnard, for Case, UK.
Bespoke Eccentric Doorknobs: Designed & Made by Terence Woodgate.
Bespoke Light Switches: Designed & Made by Terence Woodgate

Solid Surface Himacs bathtub designed by Terence Woodgate.
Solid Surface Himacs washbasin designed by Terence Woodgat