Oíza: The business of living

Editorial: Puente Editores. Printed in Spain, 2018. ISBN: 978-84-945274-7-0 “In the most rugged area of ​​the Colonya valley, on the south-facing slope, Ses Rotes is found, a little house that I bought from a couple of very handsome young hippies, “said Oíza. The house is like a Seat 600, the minimal expression of the country house, equivalent to the cottage that he tried to build in Oropesa de Toledo and was not able to. He described it this way: “It is a small shelter of barely 25 m2 per floor, which corresponds to the type of vernacular Andalusian architecture of two storeys. A minimum house built with stones, mud and trunks of trees for lintels and beams. The domestic layout does not exist, there is no design, there are environmental conditions that offer comfort in winter and summer: the southwest orientation of the main façade, walls with sufficient thickness and inertia, small windows arranged with common sense and shed roofing. A house whose mission is to give shelter to the family. For that reason there is no ostentation or desire to show off, it is a human refuge against the adversities of the environment. His daughter Marisa, who is tall, said “I hit my head with the ceiling” “En la zona más agreste del valle de Colonya, en la ladera orientada al sur, se encuentra Ses Rotes, “una casita que compré a una pareja de jóvenes hippies muy guapos”, decía Oíza. La casita es como un Seat 600, la mínima expresión de la casa de campo, equivalente a la cabaña que quiso hacer en Oropesa de Toledo y no pudo. La describió así: “Se trata de un pequeño cobijo de apenas 25 m2 por planta, que corresponde con el tipo de arquitectura popular andalusí de dos plantas. Una vivienda mínima construida con piedras, tierra y troncos de árboles para dinteles y vigas.