Jesús Granada · Architectural Photographer

Renovation of Mas Geli in Pals, Girona

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Renovation of Mas Geli in Pals, Girona. Main double-height space combining kitchen, living and dining with openings to the south and west. Harquitectes. Spain. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Main double-height space combining kitchen, living and dining with openings to the south and west. (inv. JG1128-07)

Project essentials

Typology
Residential architecture › Houses
Materials
cyclopean concrete · timber · ceramic roof tile · original stone
Concepts
masia rehabilitation · thick walls · structural vaults · geothermal · double-height central kitchen

Harquitectes recomposes a ruined Catalan masia in Pals using cyclopean concrete walls, structural vaults and salvaged ceramic roof tiles set on the original footprint. The intervention takes the previous decay as a starting point and returns Mas Geli to the condition of an inhabited house without giving up preindustrial constructive logic: thick walls that regulate thermal inertia, geothermal climate control and a double-height central kitchen that articulates the domestic space.

Renovation of Mas Geli in Pals, Girona. East facade of the new masia rising over the preserved ruins. Harquitectes. Spain. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Renovation of Mas Geli in Pals, Girona. Main double-height space combining kitchen, living and dining with openings to the south and west. Harquitectes. Spain. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Renovation of Mas Geli in Pals, Girona. Interior stairs between the vaulted spaces. Harquitectes. Spain. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Renovation of Mas Geli in Pals, Girona. Playroom on the upper floor. Harquitectes. Spain. Photograph by Jesús Granada.

The project was distinguished Ex Aequo at the 2024 Girona Counties Architecture Awards and is featured in the monograph El Croquis 230 — Harquitectes 2020-2024.

Project data

Architect
Harquitectes
Location
Pals, Girona, Spain
Client
Private
Quantity surveyor
Jordi Anguila (quantity surveyor)
Structural engineering
DSM Arquitectura
Services / MEP
Fagom
Other specialists
Architects: David Lorente / Architects: Josep Ricart / Architects: Xavier Ros / Architects: Roger Tudó / Project leader: Eva Millán / Collaborators: Nicolás Beltrán / Collaborators: Jorge Suárez / Collaborators: Cuca Vizmanos / Structure: DSM Arquitectura / Services: Fagom / Contractor: Burgos Gasull SL / Quantity surveyor: Jordi Anguila / Carpentry: Fusteria Sais SL
Collaborators
Nicolás Beltrán, Jorge Suárez, Cuca Vizmanos
Contractor
Burgos Gasull SL
Design
2016-2019
Construction
2019-2023
Area
866 sqm
Awards
Ex Aequo Architecture Award, Counties of Girona 2024
Photography
© Jesús Granada, 2024

Published in

Photographic report

Inventory number
JG1128
Production date
February 2024
Cameras
Sony α7RII
Lenses
Canon TS-E 17 mm f/4L · 24 mm f/3.5L II · 50 mm f/2.8L Macro · 90 mm f/2.8L Macro
Postproduction
María Arias
Digital archive
TIFF 8-bit · Adobe RGB 1998 · resolution 157 lpcm @ 400 ppi
Photographs
49 TIFF files · request license →