The new values of a Contemporary Home
The project begins with an existing house in Cabrera de Mar, located on a hillside open to the Mediterranean. The intervention combines a comprehensive renovation of the original home, rooted in the terrain, with an extension conceived as its counterpoint: elevated above the ground, warm, and oriented toward the horizon.
Client brief
The owners dreamed of waking up and seeing the sea from their bed. That desire became the reason to add a second floor, extending the house upwards to capture the views of the sea and the mountains from within.
The home needed to be able to accommodate many lives in one. It belongs to a family with two children and numerous guests who spend long stays throughout the year. A place where work and rest, gatherings and play could coexist, and where everything remained connected, yet each person could still find their own space.
The essence of the project lies in the spaciousness and versatility of its rooms which, although independent, foster an open and continuous relationship between them.
Another of the client’s wishes was to always enjoy the outdoors from within. The new openings extend the boundaries of the house toward the landscape, dissolving the line between them. From any point in the house, one senses the feeling of being outdoors, surrounded by light and nature.
Layout and Atmospheres
At the center of the house lies the true heart of the home: the large walnut kitchen. Large windows, a central island, noble materials, and spacious, comfortable areas define a place that concentrates daily family life, where most of their time is spent and of the highest quality.
The house presents two clearly differentiated atmospheres that correspond both to the program and to the type of intervention (renovation and extension). In the renovated area, the custom-designed terrazzo flooring by Huguet, together with the large windows, acts as a continuous thread of light and clarity. The atmosphere is serene, luminous, open, almost Mediterranean. In the extension, by contrast, wood, shadow, and texture dominate. It is the most intimate area where the bedrooms and workspaces are located, where time slows down and warmth replaces light as the main element of the original part.
Moving from one area to another means passing through two states of mind: from brightness to calm, from the social to the introspective. This transition gives the house depth and reflects the way its inhabitants live in it, a space conceived to open itself to the landscape but also to offer refuge.
Conclusions: New luxury
The result is a house that maximizes light, space, materials, and the connection with nature, recovering essential values of dwelling that are often relegated in contemporary life in favor of more superficial aspects. A new kind of luxury that is not measured by ostentation, but by its connection to the natural and the human.
