Tas’s Church, Sopuerta, Spain | 2019, Carlos Garmendia, Spain

Architects: Carlos Garmendia, Álvaro Cordero
Client: Tas Careaga
Photographer: Carlos Garmendia

Throughout the process, three concepts constituted the road map:
The history: The idea of intervening in the most sensitive way possible was prioritized at all times, touching the church only when there was no other alternative, understanding the action as an outsider element implanted within a ruin.

The client: The way to think about a dwelling is directly linked to the lifestyle of the inhabitant and, for that reason, this project is the result of a desire to tame an unusual space, to do so with respect to the previous history but with contemporary concepts, to understand housing as an open space and to set up the home as a meeting place, as an opportunity to socialize housing architecture.

The project as a prologue: It was understood like this from the start, as a design task extended in time which has been evolving as the work was done, and that, once finished by the work of the architect, it will continue to grow.