Casa Pontós
Casa Pontós is the transformation of a terraced house in the village of Pontós, in the Alt Empordà region. The project stems from the desire to begin a new life away from the city: quieter, more rooted, closer to nature. The client —a lifelong friend, architect and passionate cook— invites us to work together on this new chapter. The project grows out of this shared complicity, as an ongoing dialogue between ways of living, making and understanding the place.
When we begin, the house is a shell: the walls, slabs and even the roof are all there. But due to a past subdivision with the neighbouring property, the floors have been left disconnected —there is no staircase to link them, and no access to the rear garden. That’s where everything starts: to organise, connect, and reveal what was already there but had never met.
The project begins by establishing a thread: a new spiral staircase that connects the three levels and gives structure to the whole. Each floor takes on a clear function: at the bottom, the entrance from the street; in the middle, the kitchen and living area opening onto the garden; and at the top, the bedrooms. The kitchen —the true gravitational centre of the house— is designed around its relationship with the outside and with the domestic life it nurtures.
The materials are honest and precise: stone, wood, metal and marble coexist naturally within a soft, understated palette. The spaces are open and bright, flowing effortlessly without unnecessary flourishes. Casa Pontós is a quiet house, one that doesn’t need to draw attention —it trusts in the value of what was already there, and in how to let it speak from the present.
