This housing project for the architects’ extended family departed from the recuperation and renovation of a series of rundown buildings that had been built over centuries in the historical centre of the city of Girona. From the beginning, it was clear that the large old stone shells had established an optimum relationship with both the place and the climate and therefore, offered unsurpassable conditions in which to live. The buildings themselves provided the grilles, mosaics, woods, tiles and stones for recycling and on the exterior the continuity of the constructional language of the neighbourhood was reflected by the simple mortar facings and stuccowork. While the implementation of an open design system allowed for the harmonious integration of all the pieces into a whole, the old and new layers were overlapped in response to the state of preservation of each element and the future use of each space.