Taller Basico de Arquitectura completes House for a Man and a Tree in Spain
The facade of this private guesthouse in northern Spain extends out to become a fence, enclosing a large tree that was already growing in the garden (+ slideshow).
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Spanish office Taller Basico de Arquitectura was tasked with creating the small guesthouse for the garden of a family property in Mutilva, Navarre.
The team named the project House for a Man and a Tree.
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"They asked us for a house in the garden, a small house with two rooms: one for the guest and the other for the tree in the small garden," said the architects. "The house will be a place open to the sky and to the garden."
One wall of these guesthouse is glazed, but screened by a series of white-painted metal tubes that function as a sunshade. These tubes extend out to become a perimeter fence surrounding the old tree.
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"Metallic tubes painted white, create the visible transparency of both rooms," explained the team, whose previous projects include an angular concrete nursery and a pair of elevated laboratories.
"The first set points the room of the tree to the sky. The second folds to discover from the guest room the garden," they said.
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Unlike the transparent facade, the other three walls of the property are rendered grey.
Inside, the space is divided into two by a small toilet room with shelving built into its end. One side functions as a living space or bedroom, while the other accommodates a study.
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Natural light is reflected off white-painted walls and carpet. At night, strip lighting running along the ceiling apex illuminates the property.
A glass door leads occupants out the garden.
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Taller Básico de Arquitectura is made up of Javier Pérez-Herreras and Javier Quintana de Uña. Other projects by the firm include a university complex in Zaragoza with scale-like walls.
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