Silió

A two-phase intervention shaped by both the scale of the estate and the available budget.

The site is defined by two remarkable existing volumes: the main “indianos” house, facing its more monumental garden, and a second perpendicular stone building that originally contained the barn and stable. From the beginning, the project found its real opportunity not in reinforcing the ceremonial access, but in activating the space between both buildings, creating a new dialogue between them.

The first phase focuses on the more modest volume, transforming it into a flexible guest house with spaces for living, working, music, and photography. A new winter garden becomes entrance, circulation, and light well, opening the lower floor and connecting the studio spaces above. Carefully designed splayed openings expand views while preserving the original geometry and character of the façade. Revealed stone and lime surfaces restore the building’s material identity, in deliberate contrast with the white-pigmented main house.

A project about giving rural heritage new life through contemporary use, material honesty, and a renewed relationship between architecture, garden, and landscape.