Maria Diaz has designed this house in a small village in Tarragona, La Nou de Gaià. The context in which it is located is the essence of the project, without hesitation she raises a project extolling the landscape and historic character that owns the place, something that not all architects are able to do, yet she performs with great subtlety. A great work!

Memory of project

The project of the house M, it is located in La Nou de Gaia, a small locality in the north of Tarragona, Spain.

It is a small village, but with an ancient very well kept center. The house is located in this ancient center, which rises on the plateau of the zone, with historical defensive character, so that the zone northwest of the village looks at “Els masos de Vespella“, with a very attractive sights and a fantastic sunset.

The principal element of the project, it is the context; The relation with the landscape and the surroundings of the housing, so that this one is closed to the village, and it is opened towards the valley in the western part through large windows, capturing maximum light into the house. There are four levels which create different facades plans, generating terraces of different characters, according to the interior use of the volume.

In the interior, an opened wooden stair relates the four levels, organizing the spaces needed by the client.

The principal materials are concrete, metal, wood and the light in the interior and the stone in the exterior. The simplicity as the greater sophistication.

Materiality.

- The house is built in steel structure.
- Exterior frame work in aluminium and woodwork inside and main entrance.
- Metal & wood  staircase.
- Interior finishes: Wood Flooring.

Text.- María Díaz.

CREDITS.-

Main architect.- María Díaz.
Team collaborators.- Esther Rovira, Andrea Imaz, Francesca Caffari, Cecilia Caffari; Valter Valenciana de Estructuras, S.L (structure), Pilar Sierra (surveyor), Josep Montragull (wood), Espai sport (swimming pool).
Builder.- Construcciones Merlot.
Date.- 2013.
Surface.- 307,80 m² (total floor area).
Site.- La Nou de Gaià, Tarragona. Spain.

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María Díaz (Bilbao, 1972) fundadora de MDBA, con una trayectoria profesional de más de 15 años, lidera un equipo joven que integra arquitectos, diseñadores y profesionales de distintas disciplinas. Desde MDBA, trabaja para desarrollar proyectos de diversas escalas que fomenten el desarrollo autosuficiente en el territorio, abarcando proyectos de edificios, viviendas y master plans.

El estudio MDBA & Guallart Architects, con base en Barcelona, se caracteriza por la búsqueda y creación de espacios que emocionen y donde ubicar mobiliario y elementos de decoración que se interrelacionen con esos espacios.

Cada proyecto es un reto, en el que interpretar las necesidades del cliente y buscar el máximo rendimiento del lugar o de los espacios ya conformados en su caso. Buscamos el carácter apropiado de cada espacio, siempre teniendo presente la materialidad, el calor de los materiales, el calor del trabajo de los artesanos que incorporamos en nuestro trabajo, con el resultado de espacios con  "alma".

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Published on: December 3, 2013
Cite: "M House in La Nou de Gaià" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/m-house-la-nou-de-gaia> ISSN 1139-6415
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