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Hay fever: La Trufa harnesses nature’s power 2010:06:11
Words: Sarah Solomon
Visuals: Philip Gamble
Madrid – Unlike your average Spanish holiday home, Antón García-Abril of Ensamble Studio has designed an
unconventional holiday residence that harks back to nature.
Located on Spain’s Costa da Morte, the La Trufa project is an intricate architectural feat that combines traditional building
techniques with more natural methods, and incorporates an animal’s grazing routine as part of the construction process.
To build the home, layers of hay bales were covered in concrete and buried in soil. Once solidified, the bales were
retrieved and cut open, allowing the home to be assembled.
In the final stage, a calf grazed on the remaining hay bales inside the structure’s core to reveal the interior, resulting in an
unusual design solution.
The La Trufa project manages to blend into, rather than blemish, its environment. For other examples of developments
concerning the home, read our report on Homestead 3.0.
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