#HTE
At times, writing about incredible design can be a little intimidating. Finding the right words to give pure visual brilliance justice can be difficult, especially when a design speaks so strongly for itself. Casa Horta, designed by the enormously talented interior and product designer Guillermo Santomà is one of those rare but very particular projects that has us feeling a little speechless. A combination of strongly assured minimal geometry and a bang-on saturated palette make this space feel more like an artfully constructed set than somebody’s home. But the closer you look the more you see, like the textured heritage bones and ergonomic built-in efficiencies, revealing that this space is in fact a domestic one (and home to the designer himself, might we add).
Located at the foot of a mountain in a rural town outside of Barcelona, this 1920s three-storey home was recently purchased and subsequently renovated by Santomà. In place of a usual architectural plan, Santomà enlisted the help of five local guys with basic notions of construction to gut the space, leaving selected volumes and materials for Santomà to creatively work with.
Santomà sees object and space as one, a philosophy he has so successfully mastered in Casa Horta. Using vibrant shades of forest green, sky blue and pastel pink, Horta delineates space with colour and shape, with the resulting interior reverberating with energy and life. Traditional Spanish tiles and trimmings contrast against ’80s-era pink square tiling and we love the playful literal approach to the skylight.
At first, we didn’t even notice that the home is not furnished, the pure geometry is decorative enough to fulfill the eyes. Santomà shares, “A place to live is always transformed depending on the needs – the purpose is to live surrounded by something that represents you. Be throughout the construction process, day-by-day, or in the play, I’m continuously rethinking the space”.
We are truly excited to see this home evolve over time with the additions of life and object. ’80s disco meets fantasy meets raw heritage – an epic combination we’ve not seen before, and probably never will again. A true creative, with an artistic vision that transcends a field or role, Santomà is a true poet of design. Shit. Hot.
[Images & sketched courtesy of Guillermo Santoma. Photography by Jose Hevia.]
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