Costa Brava
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Project • By Borgos Pieper • Coasts
Car Collector´s Pavillion
Working together with a passionate car collector who owns a rural estate we have finished the design of two spaces for the growing collection of vintage and contemporary automobiles. Formed by two vaulted grid-shells in steel and glass that are nestled into the hillside, the exhibition spaces are part of a sequence of pavilions set into the extensive landscaped grounds. The tree cover and rolling hills of the context make them a distinguished and crystalline presence in nature.
We were approached by a fellow classic car enthusiast to visit his car collection which is located in an old family estate on the coast. He is a passionate collector of automobiles and other technological objects and wanted to replan the storage and use of the groun... More
Project • By Matern Architekten • Private Houses
Villa Roses
Situated on the steep slope of the Costa Brava, the house offers on a living area of 335 m² a brilliant view to the gulf of Roses. When looking through the large window fronts, a landscape panorama unfolds, which reaches from the Mediterranean to the peaks of the Pyrenees. Like in front of a cinema screen, the residents look through a wide band of glass. Sky, sun and sea seem close enough to touch.On two floors, the holiday home nestles crescent-shaped on the steep slope. Widely projecting concrete ceilings and walls frame the glass facades. The upper floor jumps back in cascades and makes room for a large roof terrace which surrounds the house on three sides. Interior and exterior spaces interlock - the bay seems to be literally drawn... More
Project • By This is arquitectura • Pavilions
Guest Pavilion in Sa Tuna
The assignment consisted in the construction of a guest pavilion as an extension of the main house.
Our first thought was to create a shape clear and simple, a cuboid placed in the middle of the forest, changing as less as possible the surrounding characteristics, as if it had always been there.
The pavilion is defined by an U materialized in corten steel with a slat facade that creates a retreat inside, a place to be and contemplate.
The entrance is in the ground floor. It’s like a kind scultural void inside the ground, you enter on it, then you upstair throught it to the pavilion.
The inside is understood as one space: a living- bedroom space and in one corner there’s the bathroom.
The east, south and west façade are tota... More