Rehabilitation in Muruzabal de Andion / Lourdes Martínez Nieto S.L.

The main void consists of the spatial opening of three heights, which arrange the living area on the ground floor and organizes the connexions between spaces. The secondary void occupies two heights and it’s opposed to the main one, creating a lounge area with major privacy. From the main void rises the transition from public to private spaces. This is achieved by generating volumes, which are arranged like a matryoshka, “one inside the other”. 

The main volume materializes as a suspended box in the space, white and sober, emphasizing the colonization of a new element within that existing shell of stone while being able to reflect the light. Inside this volume, we find wooden boxes and the second volume. 

The materiality of the whole house responds to this concept. The rusticity of the existing stone in the building skin as opposed to the purity of the suspended white volume. Masonry is the protagonist in public spaces, while private ones are characterized by its absence and the presence of oak wood in the same tone as the stone. 

The elements that do not belong to either of these two “worlds” are distinguished by being noble materials while maintaining the same color range. 

The use of black steel, micro-cement, marble, and wood predominates.