This contemporary private residence located in Costa Brava, Spain, was designed in 2014 by Pepe Gascón Arquitectura.

Description by Pepe Gascón Arquitectura
Some houses close in on themselves when connection with their surroundings is not desirable. However, others open up to their setting when it is clear that it endows them with qualities and provides their raison d?être and hence must become an intrinsic part of the project. This is the case of the Juncal y Rodney home since it is built on a plot of land located on the Begur massif (Girona) in one of the most sublime settings of the Costa Brava. The longitudinal volume of the north-south-facing building of two storeys ? the upper one with three bedrooms and the lower one with the shared spaces ? is thus open to the Mediterranean and the series of mountains and coves that are glimpsed on the horizon. This, then, is a house opening out towards distant views, although it is protected from behind by means of levelling work on the steeply sloping land. Indeed, the construction clings to a long continuous wall running parallel with the access road and joined to a shorter wall aligned with the dividing wall of the neighbouring plot. These walls are finished with local stone, as are the masonry walls of the site. They therefore shape the land into a large terrace, while also providing the backdrop for the construction.
The house is entered via the upper floor, from the downwards sloping road, at the highest po...