Moliner House

Alberto Campo Baeza – Moliner house, Saragossa, Spain, 2008

Building a house for a poet. Creating a house to dream, live and die. A house to read, write and think.
We raised high walls to create a box open to the sky, like a naked, metaphysical garden, with concrete walls and floor. To create an interior world. We dug into the ground to plant leafy trees.
And floating in the center, a box filled with translucent northern light. Three levels have been established. The highest for dreaming. The garden level for living. The deepest level for sleeping.
To dream, we created a cloud at the highest point. A library built with high walls of light diffused through a large translucent glass. With the northern light to read and write, think and feel.
To live, the garden with the light of the south, the light of the sun. A space that is all garden, with transparent walls that bring together inside and outside.
And to sleep, perhaps die, the deepest level. The bedrooms below, like in a cave.
Once again, the cave and the cabin.
Dreaming, Living, Dying. The Poet's House.