Blancafort-Reus: house for three sisters

The Spanish studio has recently completed a wood-clad house for three sisters and their families: integrated wiith the landscape and tradition of the area, the volume makes use of ancestral knowledge and updates some traditional building solutions.

Spanish studio Blancafort-Reus Arquitectura has recently completed a wood-clad house for three sisters in Murcia, Spain. Inspired by a house the architects originally saw in a Portuguese village, which read "O meu sonho" ["My dream"] under its entrance, Blancafort-Reus sought to fulfill the wishes shared by three sisters: a home integrated wiith the landscape and tradition of the area, respectful of the environment and full of nooks for different activities.

The house is construed as three separate units for three sisters and their families: All houses share beautiful views and good orientation, as well as a certain degree of interconnectedness. They stand together but don't intersect. Next to the volumes there is a garden, an olive grove and a shared courtyard.

The house seeks to merge with the surrounding landscape, a valley of vineyards and olive threes, clearly signaling an attitude more concerned with the contextual determinants than with itself, through its confused geometry and a certain expectant materiality — an uninhibited architecture waiting for its transformation with the passing of time, for its façades to turn gray in the sun and bear witness to the marks of life.

Blancafort-Reus arquitectura, <em>Casa para tres hermanas</em> ["House for three sisters"], Murcia, Spain 2011 — Blancafort-Reus arquitectura, *Casa para tres hermanas* ["House for three sisters"], Murcia, Spain 2011

It is a simple construction using materials and techniques from the area, particularly the region's characteristic treated pine siding. Multiple strategies were employed to adapt the home to the climatic environment where it is located, providing comfort and energy efficiency.

The house's project makes use of ancestral knowledge and seeks to update some traditional building solutions. This shared home strives to administer high doses of ethical and aesthetic coherence to offer Irene, Minuca and María Ángeles a place for relishing life.

Blancafort-reus arquitectura: House for three sisters
Architects: Blancafort-reus arquitectura
Interior design: Candy García
Structure: Ginés Sabater
Technical architect: Octavio Artés
Collaborators: Pepo Devesa Carrión, Arturo García Agüera, Tomás Larios Roca, Jose María Mateo Torres, Antonio J. Martínez Espinosa, Mario Méndez Cervantes
Builder: Construcciones Antonio Martínez
Woodwork: Maderas Aguirre-Ecotraviesas
Tiles: Mosaicos del Sur
Completion: 2011
Budget: 355,000,00 Euro
Area: 425,65 square metres

The house seeks to merge with the surrounding landscape, a valley of vineyards and olive threes, clearly signaling an attitude more concerned with the contextual determinants than with itself, through its confused geometry and a certain expectant materiality

Blancafort-Reus arquitectura, Casa para tres hermanas ["House for three sisters"], Murcia, Spain 2011

Blancafort-Reus: house for three sisters

The Spanish studio has recently completed a wood-clad house for three sisters and their families: integrated wiith the landscape and tradition of the area, the volume makes use of ancestral knowledge and updates some traditional building solutions.

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