Casa Talaia: a project by Bombí + Gómez that invites you to enjoy silence from the heights of Puig d’en Sanés, overlooking the bay of Cadaqués

At the top of Puig d’en Sanés, overlooking the bay of Cadaqués, stands the home now known as Casa Talaia. A project that the studio Bombí + Gómez — founded by interior designer Bea Bombí and architect Elvira Gómez — has approached as a gesture of respect towards the Mediterranean landscape, responding with delicacy to the demands of contemporary life.

The original building from the 1960s, defined by a radial structure, showcased its privileged position with spectacular views, but its configuration and successive extensions had turned it into a mesh of unordered spaces, trapped within an internal logic that had lost coherence. The challenge set by Bea and Elvira was to reorganise the house, to make it once again converse with its surroundings and to reinvent it in order to offer meaningful living spaces for its owners. The project was carried out in three phases, starting from a global vision supported by three main objectives: to establish functional links between the different areas of the home; to bring proportion and light to the existing volumes; to expand every space towards the garden and integrate nature and architecture into a fluid sequence.

The result is a domestic territory where Mediterranean essence is reinterpreted through contemporary criteria: the choice of local materials — warm textures, whites that reflect the sun and enhance the light, combinations of stone and wood — together with a sober, elegant formal language create an atmosphere of serenity. The house opens to the four winds, just as it once did, but now with coherence: every room dialogues with the horizon — the immensity of the sea, the outline of the mountains — while also embracing intimacy and function.

The interiors, conceived now as inhabitable spaces, become quiet places where life is celebrated through the presence of the landscape. In Casa Talaia, light filters in from wide angles, falling softly and fully, tracing the folds of the volume and shifting in tone throughout the day. The planes open and shelter, adapting to the breeze and the sun. The windows, discreet in geometry yet expressive in purpose, become silent protagonists from which to sense the vastness of the distant sea while remaining connected to what is essential. The garden acts as an extension of the home, the exterior threshold where stone merges with the terrain and bears witness to the passing of the seasons.

Here, modernity is not reduced to minimalism: warmth is achieved, craft is cultivated, and durability is embraced. For Bombí + Gómez believe that true luxury lies in what has been conceived to endure, to be lived in, to age with dignity. Their work aligns with a notion of sustainability that goes beyond an ecological label: it respects history, reuses what already exists and interprets with sensitivity.

Casa Talaia unfolds an architecture of patience and attentive listening, an interior world that connects with the place and honours it. It expresses the desire to turn a house into a sign of belonging, of calm, of contained beauty. It is a project that invites us to pause, contemplate and savour silence.

Project: Casa Talaia.
Location: Cadaqués (Girona).
Area: 300 m².
Completion: junio 2023.
Authors: Estudio Bombí + Gómez.
Photography: Marta Vidal.
Source: Estudio Bombí + Gómez.

Estudio Bombí + Gómez

Bombí + Gómez is a studio where architecture and interior design converse in perfect harmony. Founded by two women whose paths differ yet complement each other, the studio has become a benchmark for the careful, sensitive and enduring transformation of the spaces they shape.

From their base in Barcelona, they offer a fully comprehensive service, accompanying each project from its conceptual seed to its complete materialisation: architecture, interior design, and the technical, budgetary and administrative dimensions that accompany them. The strength of their work lies in the fusion of architectural rigour with interior warmth, in creating “spaces where people feel comfortable, and houses that become homes.”

Their methodology is rooted in listening deeply to the client, interpreting desires and needs, extracting elements intrinsic to the place —both local and contextual— and integrating them coherently with the site and the purpose of the space.

For them, every project is a new challenge, an opportunity to explore light, materiality and atmosphere. Timelessness, serenity, integration with the surroundings and the absence of the superfluous are their fundamental values.

Bea Bombí – interior designer

Bea Bombí embarked on a path that is anything but conventional. After earning a degree in Law, completing a master’s in International Law and practising as a lawyer, she chose to redirect her professional life toward the world of interior design.

Her practice, which began in 2005, is enriched by training in the arts, digital tools and a postgraduate degree in “Private Perimeters. Interior Space Design” at Elisava. It was during this period that she met her future partner. Bea brings to the studio a refined sensitivity to detail, an ability to translate human experience into interior atmospheres, and the vocation to materialise environments that transcend furniture to become true homes.

Elvira Gómez – architect

Elvira Gómez graduated in Architecture in 2003 from the Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona. Her early professional years unfolded in a family-run studio, where she gained experience and the drive to open her own practice in her hometown of Cambrils.

Her architectural approach combines technical solidity with a contemporary reading of the habitable space: her interest goes far beyond raising walls and focuses instead on understanding the context, the environment and the human experience that unfolds within it.

When the two professionals met during the Elisava postgraduate programme, the spark of collaboration emerged —the origin of Bombí + Gómez.

A partnership committed to sustainability, art and quality

Their proposal is not only about aesthetics or functionality; it is also aligned with the values demanded by the contemporary world: respect for place, for the client, for the environment and for the longevity of each intervention. The use of noble materials, the optimisation of natural light and the integration of artisanal or designer-made pieces are defining traits of their work.

Featured in prestigious publications, including the AD100 List (2021) and the Dezeen Awards shortlist, the studio has achieved international visibility while maintaining a close, personalised approach.

Bombí + Gómez take on the challenge of working with clients beyond Spain, adapting their comprehensive process to virtual and collaborative environments without losing the sense of proximity and commitment that defines their identity. 

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