This purpose of this project of the Catalan, Olot-based firm RCR arquitectes – in collaboration with G. Tregouet – was to merge a preexisting, 1960s building in an expansive meadow in Girona with a new construction, to then reconnect the complex with the surrounding landscape.

The result is a rural house full of character but defined by polarities. One is the polarity between the compact, almost schematic appearance of the elevation of walls of reinforced concrete, and the fragmentary, nearly dissolved nature of a floor plan where the old and the new elements are brought together by means of an access path and an inner courtyard. Another polarity is that between the completely hermetic character that the house seems to have when regarded from the outside, and the permeability that is evident when seen from the inside, where the main spaces of the dwelling open out to spectacular views of the landscape through large horizontal windows which the topography allows camouflaging.

As for the rest of the project, determinant in the complex is the careful organization of criss-crossing views, as is the recourse to atmospheric effects, such as those produced by the pool of water that one finds on the upper part of the roof.

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To provide the urban monumentality required of a judicial institution and the serenity necessary to handle delicate cases that affect people’s lives, the new Béziers Court is seen as stacks of three layers of rock. At each level, steps and patios locate between these quarry blocks. The stepped masses encourage daylight to enter, creating internal landscapes, like an oasis.