Year: 2022
Location: Begur (Girona). Costa Brava
Photographer: Aitor Estévez

About Studio

Pepe Gascón Architecture is an architectural studio with an extensive experience and professional background. Its work has been recognized through publications and awards, national and international. The study has a multidisciplinary team where reigns the creative and innovative spirit.

It also has external collaboration of the best experts in the most varied disciplines. We develop projects of architecture, interior design and urban space design, covering all the stages of the construction process: from the project, its management, as well as its subsequent realization.

Through an integral control of the construction process, we are able to manage projects from initial conception to final realization, always in the planned budget and timing. We develop each project with a great intensity, rigor and professionalism, trying to do a sober and essential architecture, provided with innovative solutions and timeless character.

Our starting point is the need to improve the expectations created by our customers, having a strong commitment to them throughout the building process. We enjoy talking to our customers, hear their thoughts and trying to understand which are their needs, incorporating the project as intrinsic conditions thereof. We create harmonious spaces, shapely and well lit. Spaces full of comfort for the enjoyment of our customers.

The stunning outside landscape and the architectural architecture go hand in hand.

An insulated, single-family home on a hillside with a swimming pool.

Because of the sunlight, the living area, which is on the lower level of the house, feels bright.

Family life is conducted in the lower floor's open-concept living, dining, and kitchen areas, as well as a study. — Family life is conducted in the lower floor’s open-concept living, dining, and kitchen areas, as well as a study.

The interior is all white, complementing the exterior scenery, and it has a strong light from the sun.

Everything in the dining area is completely white, including the table, seats, and shelves.

The glass material, which can draw attention from its view, is one of the materials employed in this house.

A compact island counter with all-white elements, along with its cabinetry, can be found in the kitchen.

The glass sliding doors that open to the outdoors.

The house's central staircase is totally open to views of the outside landscape. It is situated there. — The house’s central staircase is totally open to views of the outside landscape. It is situated there.

You cannot miss the outside environment that is visible through glass walls as you make your way upstairs.

The layout is set up vertically across three levels due to the slope of the ground where the house is situated.

All of the bedrooms on the middle floor have breathtaking views and are meant for use as bedrooms.

The family can take advantage of the outdoors and connect with the surrounding natural surroundings thanks to a sizable patio on the lower floor.

The patio, where the azure blues of the pool and the sea merge, is completed by an infinity pool.

Project to build a detached, single-family house with a swimming pool on a hillside plot in Begur, in the heart of the Costa Brava, with magnificent views across the Mediterranean Sea. This is a second home for a foreign family who usually stay for extended periods of time during the summer months.

The architectural design proposal prioritises the link between the house’s interior and the magnificent exterior landscape, to ensure it is as fluid as possible, creating highly permeable spaces that promote open-air living. The sides of the house are entirely opaque, ensuring privacy with respect to the neighbouring properties.

The slope of the plot where the house is located means that the layout is arranged vertically across three levels. The upper floor houses the main entrance and a garage for two cars, the middle floor is intended for use as bedrooms – all of which enjoy spectacular views -, while the lower floor is where family life takes place, with an open-plan living room, dining room, and kitchen, plus a study.

The staircase is located in the central part of the house and is completely open to views of the surrounding scenery. A generous terrace on the lower floor allows the family to enjoy the outdoors and get in touch with the surrounding natural landscape. An infinity pool completes the terrace, where the azure blues of the pool and the sea become one.