​El Priorato

Burgos, Spain | 2022
[ATIENZA MAURE ARQUITECTOS]

El Priorato is the project on a house of the 16th century in the north of Castille that burned down in a recent fire. Only the stone walls were left standing.

As the land is on a steep slope, the ground floor is partly a  basement, open on one side towards the garden and  the mountains to the south. Thus, it seemed to us  that the best option was to introduce light from five  new skylights. The rescued stone arches are replicated in white concrete and two new stairs are placed,  unfolding the original one, also made of stone. It was  possible to do this thanks to the expertise of the  workers of the region who built it.

Everything revolves around the attempt to introduce  light into the rooms and on the ground floor, as in  John Soane’s house museum or in the Rascainfernos of Fernando Higueras. Probably the only thing that wa​​s missing from the Castilian house that it was. Text description by the architects.

Source: www.atienzamaure.com
Photography by: Simone Bossi 
Area: 750 m2
Team: Alonso Atienza, Miguel A. Maure, Pablo Hernando, Juan Muñoz, Mingo Basarrate

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