A proposal is made for an architecture that intertwines with the garden, maximizing the perimeter of contact with the landscape and dissolving the boundaries between the built and the natural. In this area of Madrid, that relationship with the surroundings acquires a singular value. To achieve this, a compact volumetry is deliberately abandoned in favour of an ascending layout that evokes certain works by Alfaro. The project aspires to resolve a dichotomy: to be both geometric and organic. Although its structure is precise, the inhabitant perceives it as something natural, almost as if it had settled into the place in an apparently random way.
The project combines two ancestral archetypes: the pavilion, understood as an open and centrifugal space; and the courtyard, conceived as a more sheltered yet open-air domain. We have always been fascinated by the relationship with the exterior in some elongated-plan projects by Glenn Murcutt and Stephane Beel, among others. The pieces are configured as longitudinal, through-running elements, obtained by means of a large-radius curve. These bodies are juxtaposed to optimise circulation. From this interplay emerge five gardens with their own identities —almost open courtyards— defined by the disposition of the architecture. Each offers a particular atmosphere and multiplies visual relationships, ensuring that the exterior is always an active presence in the experience of the whole. They are spaces prepared to host the large-scale plant species that will arrive over time.
The programme is organised according to this ascending logic. On the lower level are the swimming pool and guest rooms; above it unfolds the day area, oriented towards the nearby view of a lake; and at the highest level are the night spaces, gathered into a single piece that acts as a bridge and generates beneath it a wide shaded terrace. At the point where the different pieces converge lies the communication core, which articulates the levels and reinforces the continuity between architecture and landscape.
Ultimately, the project is born from something as ancient as it is essential in architecture: proportion. It is through a meticulously calibrated width of the elements that the desired spatial relationship is achieved. Nothing more and nothing less.
Team:
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos | Architecture
Fran Silvestre | Principal In Charge
María Masià | Collaborating Architect
Estefania Soriano | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Lucas | Collaborating Architect
Alfaro Hofmann | Interior Design
37 Threeseven | Developer
Jorge Carrión Ponce | Technical Architect
José Miguel Cota San Andrés
Estructuras Singulares | Structural Engineer
Fernando Guerra | Photographer
Jesús Orrico | Video
Project Work | General Contractor
Pablo Camarasa | Collaborating Architect
Ricardo Candela | Collaborating Architect
Sevak Asatrián | Collaborating Architect
Javi Herrero | Collaborating Architect
Facundo Castro | Collaborating Architect
Anna Alfanjarín | Collaborating Architect
Laura Bueno | Collaborating Architect
Toni Cremades | Collaborating Interior designer
Susana León | Collaborating Architect
David Cirocchi | Collaborating Architect
Neus Roso | Collaborating Architect
Nuria Doménech | Collaborating Architect
Andrea Raga | Collaborating Architect
Olga Martín | Collaborating Architect
Víctor González | Collaborating Architect
Pepe Llop | Collaborating Architect
Alberto Bianchi | Collaborating Architect
Andrea Blasco | Collaborating Interior designer
Laura Palacio | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Perez | Collaborating Architect
Jovita Cortijo | Collaborating Architect
Claudia Escorcia | Collaborating Architect
Diana Murcia | Collaborating Architect
Olga Fernández | Collaborating Interior designer
Daniel Fenollosa | Collaborating Architect
Andrés Marín | Collaborating Architect
Álvaro Navarro | Collaborating Architect
Diana Chilingaryan | Collaborating Architect
Maria Barberá | Collaborating Architect
Roberto Marañón | Collaborating Architect
Ana de Pablo | Financial Manager
Sara Atienza | Marketing Manager
Valeria Fernandini | Financial Department
José María Ibañez | Business developer CCG y México
Andrea Álvarez | Marketing & PR
Néstor Bolinches | Business Developer
Fernando Guerra [FG+SG] | Photographer
Materials Used:
Air Conditioning: Aerothermal, Radiant Floor, Cooling Floor System and Fan Coil
Lighting: False ceiling recesses. Led linear luminaire Interior Flooring: Hermitage Beige Marble Honed Finish
Exterior: Beige Hermitage Marble Sandblasted Finish
Coatings: Sate by Baumit
CARPENTRY and IRONMONGERY Interior Carp. Ebanistería Kineby
Interior Doors Sensem
Door Handles: Olivari Radial SuperBronzo
Exterior Carp. IMG Windows
Furniture: Dunas XS stools by Inclass
Dining table EXTRA TABLE by Andreu World
Dining chair NUEZ by Andreu World
Alya armchair by Andreu World
Dunas XL lounge chair by Inclass
City Sofas by Sancal
Sui side table by Inclass
Nume side table by Inclass
Atollo lamp by Oluce
Tab Floor lamp by Flos
Origin outdoor collection by Point
Trenza Loungers TU0704 by Andreu World
Siesta Sofas by Andreu World
Siesta Side Table ME4753 by Andreu World
Sculpture Afrodita by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Sanitary Suspended toilet Roca Round beige
Faucets Rovira Link edition
Carpentry Custom-made furniture
Furniture Design by Estudio61
Manufacturing by Arredo
Household appliances Gaggenau
