Thursday, 16 February 2012

Galician Traditional House

MAS Arquitectura have designed a galician traditional house on light forms and is located in A Coruña, Spain.

“Quality materials and warm spaces have been characterizing the Galician traditional architecture since the XV century. Architecture Marcos Samaniego, from Mas Arquitectura, has added a new element to this tradition: the design. As a result, the architect has added enamel wood to galician traditional material, stone, in order to maintain the warmth of the house”.


“However, the bioclimatic plan of the house leads to a simple lines design, with large windows in the walls in order to allow nature comes into the interior spaces. The revolutions origin. The carpentries, which are introduced into de Stone walls, make stronger the structure”.

The interior of the house is emphasised by brightness and warm colours. The sunlight covers the home through a skylight on the main floor. The kitchen is full of smooth surfaces and design furniture.

“Details are very important in this house. The main stair, covered by oak wood, receives the light from the large window and it is decomposed creating a hand-made library”.


“To sum up, this house means a small transformation on the Galician traditional architecture, an avant-garde wink in a traditional house”.

Special thanks to Coolboom for the above images.

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