A Hymn to Freedom
Surrounded by a pine forest facing the sea, the La Ricarda estate was inherited by Inés Bertrand who, together with her husband Ricardo Gomis and the architect Antonio Bonet, built a work of rationalist art that is now considered a gem of contemporary architecture.
Initially intended as a summer house, Casa Gomis ended up being the family’s permanent home, as well as their life’s work. Light, harmony and space are the keys to its powerful charm. The roof’s vaulting is arranged in perfect balance with the waving tops of the surrounding pine trees. These iconic shapes skim over the landscape, with strategic openings breaking through their firm lines to let in the light. The varied colours of the glass and ceramics in the gallery is the liveliest element of the design; together with the hues used for the interior, they are reminiscent of the Weekend Max Mara Bon Chic collection’s palette. An authentically British style designed over yarn-dyed fabrics and check patterns, where lace detailing shirts and balloon sleeves demonstrate a new-found penchant for bon chic and bon genre clothing. From the inside, you can see the trees and wild animals that it lives alongside in harmony. In this house, which played host to huge concerts in the 50s, 60s and 70s, today you can hear only birdsong.
WEEKEND MAX MARA
CASA GOMIS, EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT, BARCELONA
2023
Chasing the Horizon
The horizon had always connected her with herself through that line that separates the sky from the sea and that is impossible to reach. She could even remember the first time that, as a child, she became aware that no matter how much she sailed towards that line, she would not be able to defeat the distance that separated her from it.
She returned to San Sebastian in search of childhood summers, in search of herself and her family history. She walked around the port where she had spent so many summer afternoons while her grandfather Manuel would finish checking the moorings, taking a look at the state of the bollards, and clearing the gangway to the boats.
It was there that he first saw Lucretia, the emblematic Dutch sailing ship built in 1927 and designed by the prestigious naval architect G. De Vries Lentsch Jr. with the intention of gifting the sea breeze to the daughter of her first owner, coming into the port. On board was Lucretia herself, a tall, imposing, young woman, who in his eyes had an exotic beauty about her. The two fell in love and the sailboat dropped anchor.
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DONOSTI, SAN SEBASTIAN
2021
