Casa de Campo en Las Herencias, Toledo Residential Building Images, Architecture
Casa de Campo en Las Herencias
New Residence in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ? design by OOIIO Architecture
24 Aug 2018
Casa de Campo en Las Herencias, Toledo
Architect: OOIIO Architecture
Location: Las Herencias, province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Cottage in Las Herencias
We moved to a completely rural environment. Suddenly everything is calmer, the hours seem to pass slower, and you can breathe quality of life in every corner.

People are kind and not only say hello when you come across them, but it seems almost obligatory to stand up and talk to each other a little.
The client commissioned OOIIO Architecture with a comfortable cottage in which to enjoy his retirement, returning to the village where he grew up. Thousands of childhood memories came to his mind during every visit we made with him to follow the evolution of the work.
The large plot of land allowed us to develop a comfortable house on a single floor, which we decided to fragment into elongated modules that connect the street with the backyard.
Some modules are in the shape of a gabled roof house, others are flat roof prisms.

It is in the interspersed combination of these pieces that the project arises. The country house, which seems to be actually several houses if you look at it from the outside, becomes in its interior a succession of wide spaces with different heights, filled by natural light everywhere.
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