AC HOUSE

Fernando Alda Fotografía

• Arquitectos

The AC house is located in the recent extension to the north of the well-known Limonar neighborhood in Málaga, on a perfectly flat plot, with a square plan and facing south.

photo_credit Fernando Alda Fotografía — Fernando Alda Fotografía

The house is organized through a system of parallel bands in a north-south arrangement and they are crossed by a circulation axis that connects the different parts of the program.

Firstly, access appears as a path through a deep void that pierces the piece of the bedrooms, which builds the street front and develops on two levels.

Secondly, the hallway is arranged, it is open to a patio that connects the three levels of the house and introduces light into the basement.

Finally, the kitchen and living room are located in the southern area of the house, they are completely open to the garden and they are shaded by a pergola that builds the porch: the main space of the building.

Following the principles of Mediterranean architecture, the house is designed looking for shade: The openings are protected from direct sun with shutters that allow cross ventilation, the patio generates shade and coolness and the pergola protects the large openings in the living room and kitchen from direct radiation. Furthermore, the walls are built with a brick structure based on pilasters that shade the facades of the house and everything is painted white in order to reduce the absorption of solar radiation.

Talking about materiality, the house is built with thin reinforced concrete slabs supported on manual brick walls and a thin steel structure that is exposed in front of the garden. Special attention is paid to what you can touch, for that reason, the carpentry is made with tropical woods, the pavements are made with limestone and the walls are painted with lime.