Vedra · A Coruña · Galicia

A house in the
hills of Galicia

One and a half acres of green in the Vedra countryside — a single-storey home, a south-facing terrace, and a food forest designed tree by tree.

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01 — The Plot

1,587 m² with room to grow

Parcel 15090A50500040 sits along a quiet country road in Vedra, with west-facing exposure, an electrical corridor crossing the north, and room for a modest single-storey home under the N-2 rural ordinance.

The idea is simple: a compact, sun-drenched house tucked into the buildable corner of the plot, with every other square metre turned into a productive, layered food forest.

The N-2 ordinance allows a floor-area ratio of 0.3 and a single floor (B+1) up to 7 m — perfect for one generous level of living space opening onto the south.

Setbacks and the diagonal electrical corridor shape the buildable zone at roughly 373 m². That's where the house, garage and terrace live. Around it, 114 plants across 7 layers — from emergent canopy down to the herbaceous ground cover.

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1,587 m²
Total parcel
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373 m²
Buildable zone
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434 m²
Electr. corridor
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114
Plants, 7 layers
02 — The Rules

What the ordinance allows

Key limits from the PXOM N-2 zone for this plot.

0.3
FAR (→ 476 m²)
40%
Max coverage (635 m²)
7 m
Max height · B+1
8.50 m
Max ridge height
30°
Max roof slope
3 m
Boundary setback
600 m²
Minimum plot
15 m
Minimum frontage
03 — The Land

The plot, live on the map

Real parcel geometry over IGN satellite imagery. Toggle the layers to see how setbacks, the corridor and the buildable corner carve the site.

Parcel 15090A50500040

Vedra · A Coruña · EPSG:25829
  • Parcele area1,587 m²
  • Buildable~373 m²
  • West setback10 m
  • South setback12 m
  • EasementElectrical, diagonal
  • Alignment5 m W · 6 m S
04 — The House

Anteproyecto — one level, all south light

The actual proposal (48.EP2026.10, April 2026): a 98.86 m² single-storey dwelling with garage, rocho and covered terrace — 192.45 m² built in total. Hover the plan.

98.86 m²
House (SU)
192.45 m²
Total built (SC)
3 rooms
+ vestidor
2
Bathrooms
05 — The Food Forest

114 plants in seven layers

A syntropic agroforestry design in four zones. Each tree is placed by wind, light and symbiosis. Hover any tree to meet it — the canopy drifts like the west wind does.

06 — The Build

Memoria de calidades

How the house actually gets built — Addomo modular construction spec (EP 26/58), from structure to sanitary ware.

Structure & Facade

Estrutura · Fachada
  • 12–16 cm solid precast concrete panels
  • 100 mm extruded polystyrene thermal/acoustic insulation
  • Ventilated facade: treated larch (Tente pine) cladding, class IV autoclave, visible stainless steel fixings
  • Roof: laminated pine / CLT structure, varnished, with tile finish
  • Exposed-concrete interior walls (paintable)

Floors & Windows

Pavimentos · Carpintería
  • Quick-Step Creo Hidroseal AC4 laminate, floating install
  • Sanitary slab: 16 cm polished concrete + 100 mm insulation
  • Windows: Cortizo Cor 60 aluminium, thermal break
  • Glazing: 6 mm + 14 mm cavity + 4/4 laminated, solar & low-emissive filters
  • Interior: 15 cm white lacquered MDF doors, stainless steel hardware

Heating & Hot Water

Aerotermia
  • Heat pump (aerotermia) for heating & domestic hot water
  • Underfloor radiant heating panels
  • 200 L hot-water accumulator
  • Full internal plumbing: bathrooms, kitchen, laundry

Bathrooms & Extras

Sanitarios · Varios
  • Roca The Gap: 2 toilets, 2 washbasins (60 cm), 1 bidet
  • 180×80 resin shower tray + 160×80 acrylic bath
  • Pol-chrome single-lever taps, bathroom mirror
  • 2 built-in wardrobes per bedroom (16 mm white melamine)
  • Tinted glass in wet zones up to 2 m height

Included

  • Basic + execution project for the building licence
  • Architect & technical architect site supervision
  • Safety & health coordination
  • Garage, rocho & covered terrace (polished concrete, same roof system)
  • Full electrical install: lighting, sockets, TV/phone, 2 exterior light points

Not included

  • Kitchen furniture & appliances
  • Shower screens & bathroom accessories
  • Water & sewer connection to the public network (sewer max 15 m)
  • Earthworks, gates, access paving
  • Topographic & geotechnical surveys
07 — The Proposal

The anteproyecto, in numbers

Pre-project proposal 48.EP2026.10 (April 2026): surface summary straight from the architects' drawings, plus the conditions that frame the build.

BuildingSU (m²)SC (m²)
1. Vivenda (house)98.86114.88
2. Rocho (storage/annex)16.8814.20
3. Garaxe aberto (open garage)31.1731.97
4. Exteriores cubiertos (covered terraces)26.8231.40
Totais173.73192.45

SU = unsealed surface · SC = covered surface · anteproyecto phase, subject to minor variation in the execution project.

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Crane & trailer access

Prices assume the site can be reached by crane and trailer; permits and road reinstatement are on the client.

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Water & power on site

Both must be available at the start of works; connection costs (site + permanent) are extra.

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40 km radius

Quote valid within 40 km of the Bertamiráns–Ames base; further sites priced by location.

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Personalised pre-study

€1,000 + VAT for a site-specific study — fully deducted if the process continues.

Anteproyecto · Salgado + Liñares arquitectos · Abril 2026 · Sistema: Formigón
08 — The Journey

From bare plot to thriving home

Year 0

Foundation

Foundation, structure and roof of the L-south house. West windbreak planting begins.

Year 1

Plant out

Majority of the 114 plants go in — canopy, sub-canopy and berry hedging along the border.

Year 3–4

Move in

Kitchen garden and Zone 1 are productive. First serious harvests from the berry hedging.

Year 7+

Maturity

Canopy closes, guilds established, the forest begins to maintain itself.