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BlackB_House
Jordi Miralles

BlackB_House

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Oaks, holm oaks, olive trees, cypresses and native plants are planted around a non-aligned sequence of double-height pillars, built inside and outside with exposed black ceramic brick. 

photo_credit Jordi Miralles
Jordi Miralles

Exposed concrete platforms are suspeded among these pillars, leaving part of the interior spaces double height, and leaving vertical openings between the pillars that bring us closer to the various exterior trees, while at the same time taking our eyes from the land of the garden to the sky.

photo_credit Jordi Miralles
Jordi Miralles

On the ground floor, the main spaces: living room, dining room, kitchen and stairs, are open and at the same time clearly delimited. The cross-views throughout the floor give us the feeling of a continuous green exterior environment.

photo_credit Jordi Miralles
Jordi Miralles

The exterior porch gives continuity to the interior by the same treatment of materials, exposed concrete flooring and black brick pillar-walls.

photo_credit Jordi Miralles
Jordi Miralles

On the upper floor, partially occupied, are the bedrooms and a small TV room. These bedrooms act with both exterior and interior spaces, creating internal facades, thus emphasizing the vertical relationship of the spaces. The swimming pool, adjacent to the porch, sets a limit between what is built and the jarden. 

 

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Harmony between architecture and environment

Harmony between architecture and environment
Jordi Miralles
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The BlackB_House arises from a commission to create a shelter that feels part of the natural environment. Through a sequence of black brick pillars, the house becomes a living organism that breathes with the landscape, where each interior space maintains a permanent dialogue with the trees and the sky.

The suspended concrete platforms and open pool abstract the building from its material rigidity, and the black material contrasts with the vegetation, fragmenting the landscape, but allowing nature to reconfigure it day by day. The result is a profound living experience, where architecture seeps into consciousness and is lived in community with the environment.

It is characterized by double, overlapping pillars of exposed ceramic brick in black tones, model Timanfaya Blue, which extend in continuity between interior and exterior. In the space between these pillars are suspended horizontal areas of exposed concrete, with free heights that allow a vertical spatial fluidity. The use of black brick brings density and solidity to the volume, contrasting with the surrounding vegetation.

Brand description

Present in 54 countries and with 9 manufacturing plants in Southern Europe, La Paloma Cerámicas has been growing steadily for more than 45 years, which has made the company a specialist in the manufacture of clay products. Thanks to our experience in this natural material with unique properties, we can offer a complete range of innovative solutions for construction, appreciated for their durability, thermal efficiency and functionality. In the constant search for answers to the challenges of its time, La Paloma Cerámicas evolves in a context of sustainable development. Consequently, its methods maintain an environmental approach while providing exceptional technical and aesthetic properties to the final product.

 

Mission

We are manufacturers of bricks and construction systems committed to the recognition and prestige of bricks as an essential element in construction. Our aim is to highlight its historical value and its ability to bring wellbeing, safety, sustainability, durability, comfort, elegance and economy to homes, being a material that has accompanied mankind throughout the centuries...

 

Vision

We work with a vocation for leadership. We manufacture the best products on the market through innovation, technology and with the best team of people, always respecting society and the environment in all our processes.

 

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