Sheet index — Aske Tarn Architects

studio@asketarn.example

A concept by Warped Web Studio

AT-024 — Residential

Hollin House

A red pigmented concrete parapet at the edge of a calm, deep-blue sea.
Cantilever over the headland: 9.60 metres

Cantilever over the headland

Location
Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain
Grid ref.
43°10′N 9°13′W
Programme
Private house on an Atlantic headland
Year
2022–
Status
On site
Area
410 m²
Levels
2
Structure
Pigmented concrete frame and walls

The coast here is named for its shipwrecks. Wind from the Atlantic arrives with salt and rain for most of the year. The house is conceived as a shelter first: a thick red wall toward the sea, a sheltered court on the landward side, and one horizontal opening, 14 metres long, that frames the horizon from the living room.

S-01

The colour of the cliff

The concrete is pigmented with iron oxide sampled from the rock at the foot of the headland. It will weather unevenly, darker where rain runs and paler where it doesn't, as the cliff does.

The concrete frame of the house under construction on a dry headland above the sea.
The concrete frame of the house under construction on a dry headland above the sea.

S-02

A court against the wind

Every room opens to a walled court, three metres below the crest of the headland. On days when the terrace is unusable, the court is still, and the sky is the only view.

A walled concrete court open to the sky, a single slot framing the blue beyond.
A walled concrete court open to the sky, a single slot framing the blue beyond.
A house perched on a red rock cliff above a beach, the waves softened by long exposure.
A house perched on a red rock cliff above a beach, the waves softened by long exposure.

Schedule

Materials

  • M-01

    Pigmented concrete

    Iron-oxide pigment matched to the headland rock, sand-blasted finish

  • M-02

    Granite

    Paving and steps cut from stone excavated on site

  • M-03

    Bronze

    Window frames and door furniture, left to darken