Local design studio Atienza Maure Arquitectos designs the new clergy house in a restored new look that is highlighted by the white concrete aesthetics. It uses a simplistic palette of forms and materials to create the home entitled The Priory, also known as El Priorato.
Atienza states, "Unfortunately no one seems to have photos of the interiors before the structure collapsed, so we had to gather the information almost like at an archaeological site [...] the dichotomy between old and new is solved with ambiguity and subtle differentiation in the use of materials and the spaces. Everything revolves around the attempt to introduce light into the rooms and on the ground floor, as in John Soane's house museum or in the Rascainfiernos of Fernando Higueras."
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