Joan's House
Program
Isolated single-family home
Intervention
Renovation, Extension, Landscaping
State
Built
Situation
Rupià, Baix Empordà, Girona
End of work
1996
Built area
470 m2
Credits
Mónica Martí (landscape designer), Jordi Cané (photography)

A wooden house in an old barn

Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
New garden wall with exposed solid brick that accompanies you to the entrance of the house.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
View from the entrance of the farm.

The renovation restores the original structure of a small prefabricated wooden house, maintaining the facades and only replacing the original PVC openings with wooden ones. The extension joins the existing volumes using exposed solid brick, referencing a possible bouillaba that had existed on the site during Roman times.

Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Facade from inside the garden.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià - Previous state.
Original wooden house.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Northeast facade.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
The original wooden facade dialogues with the new ceramic brick structures.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
New wooden joinery to open up an opaque corner.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià - Previous state.
Original condition of the corner.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
The existing PVC joinery is being replaced with wooden joinery.

In the same way, a completely new piece is incorporated to the north with a distributor in the shape of a rain barrel inside.

Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
Distributor with rain shower.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Wooden floor with ceramic rasilla sole.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Compluvius.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
The zenithal light allows for a large and bright space while maintaining privacy between rooms.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Main room.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Detail of the ceramic tile stairs.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
Extension of the roof, forming a porch in front of the original East facade.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
In the interiors of the expanded areas, the qualities of the original wooden facades are preserved.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Access and living room.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Wooden forge with reed floor.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
The original trussed beam structure is preserved.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Porch and original facade restored.

The landscaping action, around the experience, is very important, since it maintains and enhances the character of the original 19th century orchards and gardens. The plot is surrounded by a stone retaining wall that allows the formation of exits and walkways to access the orchards. It intervenes by designing a Mediterranean garden with a pond-type swimming pool and adding railings and vegetable pergolas to the original stone walkways.

Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Watercolor by Mónica Martí.
Plant overlaid on the watercolor of the garden made by landscaper Mónica Martí.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
The vegetable pergola generates shady spaces for hot seasons.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià. Photo by Jordi Cané.
Intervention in the promenade that borders the plot. Pergola with rose bushes.
Auquer Prats – Casa Joan, Rupià.
Intervention in the walkway that borders the plot. Path and railing.

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Joan's House
Joan's House
Program
Isolated single-family home
Intervention
Renovation, Extension, Landscaping
State
Built
Situation
Rupià, Baix Empordà, Girona
End of work
1996
Built area
470 m2
Credits
Mónica Martí (landscape designer), Jordi Cané (photography)