Antonio Barrionuevo Ferrer, Francisco Torres Martínez, Conil de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain, 1976-1977
215. Antonio Barrionuevo Ferrer & Francisco Torres Martínez /// Saenz House /// Conil de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain /// 1976-1977 Of Houses guest curated by The Intertwining (Paula V. Álvarez Benítez,
Nuria Álvarez Lombardero, Álvaro Carrillo Eguilaz, David Arredondo
Garrido, Francisco González de Canales, Vincent Morales Garoffolo and
Juan Antonio Sánchez Muñoz): “When this house was built in the 1970s,
tourism was not a mass phenomenon yet in the coastal town of Conil. The
beach provided a relaxing environment. The atmosphere was informal.
Local and foreign features mixed like equals and this mix nurtured the
house. This is reflected in the merging of spaces and in the
distribution: regular rooms to accommodate a couple on the first floor,
extra bedrooms for the wife’s sister on the ground floor, the painter’s
studio on the upper floor, and outdoor spaces on every level. The house
fuses aspects of vernacular and traditional inhabitation—the patio, the
passage, multiple access ways, the staircase and the exterior spaces,
whitewash—within a modernist volume. The three-storey tower stands
off-centered on the site and its levels are connected by two staircases,
an inner one between the ground and first floor, and an outer one along
all levels. The experience of being both out-doors and in-doors along
this continuous circulation loop and the multiplicity and vague nature
of the exterior spaces reflect a relaxed way of life.” (Text: Juan Antonio Sánchez Muñoz & Vincent Morales Garoffolo. Photos: Emilio Saenz, Francisco Torres, Antonio Barrionuevo.)
