Corral del Conde, Seville

Corral del Conde is an old communal courtyard building on Calle Santiago, and its defining arrangement turns inward around a shared patio. An L-shaped range follows the plot, with a smaller building beside the patio, where communal wash areas and former privies remain part of the layout. Its roots reach back to the Muslim period, while the form you see belongs to Seville’s popular architecture of the eighteenth century and preserves older traditions.

The count-duke of Olivares once owned it, and its present arrangement already appears on the Olavide plan of 1771. After being declared structurally ruined in 1969, it was restored from 1982 to 1983 and adapted into apartments, while retaining its essential original character. The courtyard still makes this building’s social design tangible.