Unlike houses for everyday life, holiday homes like this one help liberate convention
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Arranged in a 5m grid around a small but deep pool, the square plan of the first Solo House project is exacting in its symmetry: two entrance stairs split around the stem of the building, directing identical routes around the basin of the pool to a third spiral stair. Upstairs, the elevated platform is raised above the trees, remaining open to the elements
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‘Some buildings do not need to solve any problem whatsoever, but to be a problem in themselves’, said Mauricio Pezo. ‘Perhaps that is the real pursuit of a holiday home; to be able to alter the perception of time, passing from the linear sequence of our daily life to the circular time of idleness and boredom’, continues the practice’s other half, Sofia von Ellrichshausen.
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Source: Cristobal Palma
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Source: Pezo von Ellrichshausen
This building was a case study in Holiday pay: vacation homes by Living Architecture in the U.K. and Solo Houses in Matarraña, Spain which featured in the AR September issue on money – click here to purchase your copy today