Built area
Cardedeu, Barcelona
Master builder
Santiago Loperena
Interior designer
Anna Bohigas
A manifesto against garden city ordinances that, on tiny plots, require buildings to be set back three meters from the street. To highlight the absurdity of this rule, the exterior façades are completely opaque, perforated only by the entrance and a slit that illuminates the kitchen. Even the bathrooms are lit by skylights. The inner garden –divided into areas for parents and children– features trees and grass, while the outer strip... only gravel. We wanted to show that the building would be much better placed right next to the street. (We were so young!)
Photographs by Colita