A natural setting and the search for transitional spaces between indoors and outdoors became the guiding principles of the project. A project intended for use as a picnic area, where the large wooden porch will become the main space.
The project acted as a catalyst for local craftsmanship, activating trades such as carpentry for the execution of the roofs, ceramic workshops for the production of tiles, and locksmith workshops for the doors and small details that distinguish it from more urban dwellings. Positioned on top of a hill, the roofs were extended as much as possible to create a parallelism between the slope of the terrain and the roof itself.
The project acted as a catalyst for local craftsmanship, activating trades such as carpentry for the execution of the roofs, ceramic workshops for the production of tiles, and locksmith workshops for the doors and small details that distinguish it from more urban dwellings. Once again, architecture demonstrates its power to regenerate the economic and social fabric of a small location often overlooked by major cities.
All of this under a traditional-contemporary language, respecting the local architecture but with subtle nods to modernity. While the exterior image is preserved in a traditional language based on natural materials from the area—clay, wood, stone—the interior is contrasted by its brightness thanks to the use of lime mortar and pine wood treated with paint in the same tone.
This allows us to achieve a much brighter space, serving as a backdrop for the facade openings oriented towards the exterior. In short, small strategies to achieve the visual relationships that were the seed of the project, resulting in a more contemporary and modern design. Design guidelines are established to unify interior and exterior spaces, leaving interstitial spaces between them in the form of covered porches. In this way, boundaries are blurred to the point of integrating the kitchen and living room—main spaces—into their immediate surroundings. The projection of large openings in the facade will also help achieve the same goal.
