Antoni Bonet . photos: © Simón García | arqfoto
To begin with, the project benefited from an exceptional set of circumstances: an excellent location, various hectares of pinewood by the edge of the sea in the Ricarda lagoon area, and the unbeatable attitude of the client, cultured and exacting, who wanted to have a summer and weekend house built within a few kilometres of Barcelona. From the first contact between architect and developer in 1949 until the building finally materialized, thirteen years went by. The second proposal put together by Bonet in 1953 was the one that was finally accepted and built. Developing the house on a single floor and foregoing views of the sea was to prove productive as a form of renunciation. On the natural terrain a levelling platform was prepared that accommodates the house and its adjacent outside spaces. The line of the facade remains at 130 m from the sand beach and the maximum height of the building is 3.75 m above the modified ground surface. Continue reading Antoni Bonet
