House in the Forest in Muntanyola, Spain by Comas-Pont Arquitectes

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A house in natural surroundings that emphasizes place and nature's landscape values.

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Architect: Comas-Pont Arquitectes
Location: C/ Collsuspina, par. 562. Muntanyola, Spain
Project year: 2008-2011
Photos: Jordi Comas

The house's interior, with concrete and iron formwork and wooden slats, as well as a floor-to-ceiling glass wall and door.
The house’s interior, with concrete and iron formwork and wooden slats, as well as a floor-to-ceiling glass wall and door.
An all-white, long and narrow hallway connecting the house rooms.
An all-white, long and narrow hallway connecting the house rooms.
The house's connection to the forest emphasizes the landscape values of place and nature.
The house’s connection to the forest emphasizes the landscape values of place and nature.
The house was custom-designed to preserve all of the oak trees that were originally on the plot.
The house was custom-designed to preserve all of the oak trees that were originally on the plot.
The buried parking is seamlessly integrated into the landscape.
The buried parking is seamlessly integrated into the landscape.
A nice path leading from the buried parking to the house's entrance porch.
A nice path leading from the buried parking to the house’s entrance porch.

The building is located in natural surroundings and emphasizes the landscape values of place and nature.

The house is situated on the highest point of the plot to take advantage to the north views and avoid changes in bedrock terrain.

The “U” plant shape arises from the desire to preserve all oak trees that were initially in the plot, and allows the relationship between the forest and all rooms.

The buried parking is integrated into the landscape. From it, a nice “promenade” leads us to the entrance porch of the house.

House constructed materials, concrete and iron, dialogue with the environment; they are natural, without artificial substances and they change over the time like the place.

The concrete formwork with wooden slats symbolized the forest footprint on the house.

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Jon Dykstra
Jon Dykstra

Jon practiced law before launching his online publishing career, bringing analytical rigor to everything he builds. Home Stratosphere combines that precision with a lifelong obsession with residential design — architecture, interiors, landscape, and furniture.

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