Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre
09/01/2017.
[Elche - Alicante] Spain
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A house in the countryside of Elche, which is a typological hybrid of many other houses, from Elche to California crossing by the Mediterranean. A house that is aware of its climate and the conditions of its surroundings.
Interior view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Interior view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Vision from patio. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Vision from pool. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Courtyard view from inside. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Bedroom. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Bathroom. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutostyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutosurtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Inside view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Night view. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Night view. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Night view. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Night view. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Night view. Courtyard view. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre. Photograph © David Frutos
Ground floor plan. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
North-South elevation. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
East-West elevation. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
Sections. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
Model. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
Sketch. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
Sketch. Matola House by Jaime Sepulcre.
This house, by Jaime Sepulcre, is designed as a house with identity, an almost unique space where kitchen and patio blurring limits and functions. The patio is the center to which everyone looks and the kitchen the command center from where you can control and activate all. A white house, with light.
Description of project by Jaime Sepulcre Arquitecturas
This house is a hybrid of several types of houses: first of all the first thing it wants is to be a "house of the Camp d'Elx", as those still populate the rural districts with its peculiar silhouette, whose traditional architecture makes use of ceramic decks inclined and the deep porches -for shade- oriented at noon; But at the same time it also wants to be a "house-patio Mediterranean", introverted, protected from the outside and purely white; And also has in its genetics a "Californian house", one of those sophisticated houses of the admired modern architecture of Los Angeles -with whom we share Mediterranean climate- that unfold their plants -many L shaped- in open horizontal spaces which overlook the gardens and the refreshing swimming pools.
As a Mediterranean house, a vital piece of this project is the patio. The patio is a space that widens and multiplies the experiences of the house, and contributes to blur the boundary between the inside and the outside. As it is located in the entrance area of the house, it makes the arrival a very special moment, in fact the whole vestibular space is around the patio. In this house also has been used the patio to articulate the transition from one part to the other, clearly separating the common area from the private area of the bedrooms. And finally the most exciting thing about a patio is that it is an 'open-air room' that captures and filters light at different times of the day and year, filling the interior with very different nuances and very changing situations.
Another main part of the house is the kitchen. Around it is generated the whole 'family life' and will undoubtedly become the heart of the house in a multitude of moments and circumstances. That is why the kitchen is completely open to the rest of the house, a decision that also seeks the democratization of domestic roles and, above all, the idea of living and enjoying the entire interior landscape of the house. To reinforce this nuclear idea of the kitchen, it is located in the same baryonenter of the common space to precisely be able to dominate visually from that point all the common spaces -dining room, living room, courtyard and study-library- and all exterior spaces -porche, garden and swimming pool.
More information
Architect
Dates
Project year.- 2013
Completion.- 2015
Gross built area
365 m²
Quantity Surveyor
Elena Rogel
Builder
EDIMAC
Photography
Jaime Sepulcre Bernad
Jaime Sepulcre Bernad was born in Elche (Alicante), Spain, on June 21th, 1972. Architect by the Higher Technical School of Architecture University of Navarra (Pamplona), with Extraordinary End of Career Award. 1998 3rd National Award for Completion of University Studies. 2004 Doctor Architect with the Thesis on Modern Spanish Architecture entitled "César Ortiz-Echagüe and Rafael Echaide: Technification and humanization of functionalism". 2006-2015 Associate Professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of Alicante, in Architectural Projects I, II, III, IV and PFC. 2003-2005 Associate Professor at ETSAUN, in Projects II (with Miguel Ángel Alonso del Val). 1997-2003 Assistant Professor at ETSAUN, Composition Elements, Projects I and II (with Juan Miguel Otxotorena, Patxi Mangado and M. Alonso del Val). 2005 Established in Elche and founded his studio from which he develops his work today.
