Casa Cortijo

El paisaje. The landscape consists of a wide plain with patches of wheat plantations, sunflowers and olive groves, an artificial and geometrical nature that changes with the seasons.

We used the blinding light as a construction tool, in order to generate a closed sculpture-like architecture conscious of the surrounding nature.

Outdoor spaces are enclosed – greenhouse, patio, glass cube – and as such are a contrast to the emptiness of the surrounding plain. These captured exteriors are cross-illuminated and provide diagonal views.

A technological architecture is left aside and traditional construction is re-accepted, with mortar and lime, mud pavements and workshop locksmithing brought back through a modern language.

Key facts

Year
2003

Client
Private

Architects
Ana Espinosa G. Valdecasas, Álvaro Moreno Hernández, Pablo Olalquiaga Bescós

Location
Marchena, Sevilla, España

Purpose
House

Built Area
646,00 m²

Collaborators
Architects: Alfonso Olalquiaga
Technical Architects: Vicente Linares Medina
Photography: Miguel de Guzmán

Budget
437.475,43 Euros

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