The Maichidaleo House project was commissioned following the owners' immense desire to move their primary residence to the countryside. They had acquired a 2,500 m² plot with fabulous views of Picu'l Sol and the sea, and filled with a variety of fruit trees.

The land has a significant slope of 6 meters, and the access is at the lowest part, on the northern boundary.

Our clients have a limited budget, which leads us to seek a compact and efficient layout. But always ensure that they don't have to give up any of their dreams or the solutions modern architectural typologies can offer them.

In order to achieve this target, we started with a radial layout, with the main living spaces occupying the center: the living room, kitchen, and playroom. The regular users of the house are a couple who work shifts, including night shifts, and their two children. The sleeping area for the four of them is located in the east corner, where they share a dressing room. The dressing room also acts as a buffer for noise produced in the central space, improving daytime sleep conditions.

The other corners of the “square” are occupied by the guest bedroom for disabled people, the car garage, and the main porch to the south.

While designing the layout, we delineated the compact volume that will contain the program, which we gradually shaped. The first step is dictated by the urban planning regulations in rural areas, which require the use of a sloping tiled roof as well as other very specific aesthetic finishes that maintain the traditional uniformity of the area.

Cross views are set between all the spaces in the house, so that there is always a window to look through. This strategy allows the plot to be incorporated into the interior, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside, even with the skylight that faces the sky and floods the central space with natural light.