Country Houses

The study of Country Houses requires consideration of two main aspects, different but related issues: first, the house, and second, the habitat itself, or, which is the same, the forms and degrees of concentration and dispersion of rural buildings.

The home study includes two aspects, one technical and primarily descriptive, referring to the different materials used and their disposal, and other socio-economic in relation to the activities of its inhabitants and the comfort offered a place room.

The house has traditionally been a product of the items which were available in their own territory in relation to traditions and customs perpetuated by the builders who were, generally, the future residents.

In recent times, communication of all kinds have affected so that the traditional type houses are no longer built, and existing ones tend to be transformed or abandoned. New or renovated homes lost ties with the territory, and only respond to factors such as ease of construction, saving labor, widespread tastes, etc. These houses lose part of its geographical interest and means, in fact, urban penetration in rural areas. They intend to bring comfort to citizens.

The internal organization of the Country House, closely related to the lifestyle of its inhabitants, is expressed in the plane. The analysis of the plane allows us to know the distribution and how they relate to each other functionally differentiated interior spaces, and thus have established classifications, usually paying the proposed, in the twenties, Demangeon, which distinguishes two major modes , the block house, where all functional areas under one roof, which can be elemental or elements arranged at ground level, longitudinal or transverse, or height and the courtyard house, closed or open, where such spaces are dissociated.