RURAL MEMORY WITHOUT THE RUSTIC COSTUMEPerched at the summit of a mountain in Asturias, Spain, Cabanon Pumar by Spolia transforms an existing three-story house into a 148-square-meter retreat shaped by light, color, and the surrounding cider landscape. Apple trees, rolling hills, and an old llagar frame the building, while morning clouds regularly gather in the valley below, turning the view from the bedroom into something resembling a temporary inland sea. the existing house retains its simple rural profile and traditional tiled roofTHREE LEVELS, THREE WAYS OF INHABITINGThe home continues vertically, with each floor responding to a different condition of the existing structure. Across all three levels, Cabanon Pumar balances contemporary domestic habits with the material memory of rural Asturias — a house rooted among apple trees, but with no intention of standing still. surrounding hills and distant mountain ridges frame the secluded residencea circular red window punctuates the house’s exteriorthe renovated living room opens toward the surrounding countryside