A rural house, named Villa Icaria House, composed of bridge-like volumes is nestled on a hilly terrain in Sacedón, Spain. 

Designed by Spanish architecture studio Arquitectura al descubierto, the 450-square-metre house is comprised of six volumes that are connected with pathways and two internal courtyards.

The villa, made of earth-toned materials such as local stone and smooth concrete finish, recalls the utopian proposal of Étienne Cabet and seeks to establish a new relationship between country and city. 

It is aimed to create a meeting place, an opportunity to once again fill the rural environment with contemporary urban activities.

The studio wanted to intertwine the volumes with nature on the banks of the Tagus. Referencing to rural architecture at site, the villa’s solids and cavities are merged in this double quality. 

The architects used “the stone material, the rural organicism and the shadow, give way to the glass, the light and the synchronic space.”

“The floor of the building unfolds two hugs, who comes and who lives, creating a small town articulated around two courtyards-squares,” said Arquitectura al descubierto.