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La Casa del Desierto in Granada
Desert House in Spain – design by OFIS arhitekti and AKT II
28 Feb 2018
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Location: Guadix, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Design: OFIS arhitekti and AKT II
The Desert House

A desert. A house. A range of special glass types and a team of skilled professionals. This is ?La Casa del Desierto? (the desert house). One of Guardian Glass’s most exclusive, demanding, risky, creative and efficient projects, was recently completed in Spain with a clear objective: to demonstrate first hand and in situ across the four seasons of the year, the importance of glass in our daily life, and in one of the toughest environments you could ever imagine!
Challenging nature and designed to withstand the Gorafe Desert (Province of Granada, Spain), which is considered one of the most adverse and extreme environments in Europe, La Casa del Desierto stands on a wooden structure and is fully glazed with high performance, energy-efficient Guardian Glass. Covering only 20m2, the layout consists of three areas: bedroom, bathroom and living room. A large space directly overlooking the landscape, La Casa also has a water filtration system, an energy generation system and a set of photovoltaic panels.

The design is the result of the combined efforts of a large and experienced team of architects led by Spela Videcnik of OFIS Architects ? together with Guardian Glass ...