A journalist, her partner around age 40 and their son would like to have a 3 bedrooms house, with living room and kitchen. They have a plot near Corunna that were purchased years ago... and very little money. Some 120,000 euros. The plot is small, hard, at the core of Perillo, or what remains of it, squeezing it to the maximum will allow us to build 174m2. We conceive a plan of one floor around 3 courtyards that attempts to maximize the space of the plot, appropriating and using it as a leisure area.

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Architects: Emilio Rodríguez Blanco

Location: Perillo, Spain

Area: 174.94 m2

Project Year: 2011

Photographs: Ana Amado

Collaborating Architects: Julio Ordax Rodríguez, Antonio Pena Auge
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From the architect. A journalist, her partner around age 40 and their son would like to have a 3 bedrooms house, with living room and kitchen. They have a plot near Corunna that were purchased years ago... and very little money. Some 120,000 euros. The plot is small, hard, at the core of Perillo, or what remains of it, squeezing it to the maximum will allow us to build 174m2. We conceive a plan of one floor around 3 courtyards that attempts to maximize the space of the plot, appropriating and using it as a leisure area.

© Ana Amado

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