Horma Estudio remodeled this vacation apartment in Cullera, on the Spanish mediterranean coast. The project aims at modernizing the 1960s property, giving it a more contemporary feel by opening the plan and a minimalistic use of elegant materials.
With the aim of making this summer dwelling more contemporary, Horma Estudio remodeled it using clean lines and elegant materials.

They opened the floor plan, giving continuity to the space by eliminating partition walls that limited the reach of natural light and blocked the views of the Mediterranean sea. This way, a single central furniture piece articulates the space around it.

The result is a curvy, sleek appareance and an open and fluid space, maximizing views and natural light.
 

Description of project by Horma Estudio

Summer holidays, this is the main will of the project.

The proposal was born with the intention of reforming an old apartment to turn it into a contemporary refuge of disconnection and rest. The initial state maintained the original construction of the 60s, with an excessive compartmentalization that did not allow to read the space with continuity.

This succession of independent and limited spaces prevented the enjoyment of the main value that was already intuited, to be able to live the sea, there present, from each one of the possible corners of that place.

The goal had then become to meet all the needs intended by the user but with many fewer elements and with all of them coordinated with each other in order to free the spatial sensation and rediscover the sea, until now hidden.

In a proposal where the key is defined in establishing the minimum elements with their maximum use and meaning, it is fundamental to reflect on each of the decisions, both metric and material. A small surface project where decisions and details multiply.

To work with all these premises, the research focuses on the disposition of the elements, their geometry and their materiality. As for the elements, the concept of partition walls disappears to solve the entire space with pieces of furniture only.

On its geometry, the curve defines the character of the elements, building continuities instead of limits and defining movement and fluidity instead of pauses and edges. With regard to materiality, maple wood is responsible for building these elements that, in addition to making spaces independent, are not only limits but also use, housing them all the necessary storage and kitchen equipment. Together with the maple wood, natural stone and a set of continuous tiles, they cover the space and give it a unique character.

The global space, which revolves around a central element, understands the use of the terrace as one more space in the whole, not so much as an external element but as one more in the complete project movement.

In summary, it is an apartment of 45 square meters rethought to be lived together or independently, by a user or by several, but always from the simplicity of the elements and the continuity and quality of them.

A place where the main protagonist must remain the sea.

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Horma – estudio de arquitectura
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Design team
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Nacho Juan, Clara Cantó, Jose Iborra, Ana Riera, Andrés Herrero.

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45 m²
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2018
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Location
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Calle de Águilas, 2. Cullera, Spain.
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Mariela Apollonio - Fotógrafa de arquitectura.
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HORMA is an architectural studio founded and directed by Nacho Juan and Clara Cantó. Both, together with Jose Iborra, coordinate the work of the rest of the team and the development of each of the projects. 

Their job is to understand architecture as a personal experience that allows each client to turn their project into a unique reality according to their needs. The architecture, learned and developed from the passion and the knowledge, allows us to read each project as a new opportunity to continue growing.

Recently recognized in the selection of emerging architecture of the Valencian Community and in the mention received by the Official College of Architects of the Valencian Community, from the studio we continue working every day to get the best project for each of our clients. Architecture and interior design, merged into a single line of work, allow us to develop our projects from the first line of their idea to the last detail.

NACHO JUAN, Director - Puerto de Sagunto, 1983
2016 | Doctor architect by the Technical School of Architecture of Valencia. Outstanding Cumlaude. 
2016 - Deputy Director School of Architecture at the University Ceu Cardenal Herrera 
2013 - Director Master's Degree in Interior Design at the University Ceu Cardenal Herrera 
2012 - Co-director of the graphic architecture communication studio Drawyourdreams 
2009 - Professor at the Ceu Cardenal Herrera University 
2008 | Architect with Honorary Degree by the School of Architecture of Valencia 

CLARA CANTÓ, Director - Líria, 1983
2015 - Professor of Master in interior design at the University Ceu Cardenal Herrera 
2012 - Co-director of the graphic architecture communication studio Drawyourdreams 
2010 - 2011 | Master in Prefabrication and Architectural Industrialization. 
2009 | Architect with Honorary Degree by the School of Architecture of Valencia

JOSE IBORRA, Coordinator - Murcia, 1987
2014 - Professor at the architectural graphic communication studio Drawyourdreams 
2012 | Architect by the Technical School of Architecture of Valencia

AWARDS   
2017 | 2nd Prize. Square Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Contest. Canet d'en Berenguer. 
2012 | 4th Classified Solar Decathlon Europe. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera. SML system 2011 | 2nd Prize. Competition Auditorium Ciutat d'Elx. Collaboration with Clara Mejía, Juan Deltell and Guillermo Mocholí. 
2011 | 2nd Prize. Competition for the marina of Denia. Collaboration with Clara Mejía, Juan Deltell, Guillermo Mocholí and Lahoz + Martí architects. 
2008 | Finalist. Multipurpose building competition at the Miguel Delibes Campus. University of Valladolid. Collaboration with Clara Mejía, Juan Deltell and Guillermo Mocholí. 3rd Grade ETSAV Social Council Award. 
2008 | Finalist. Verni Contest • Preys for the Design of a Prefabricated Concrete Piece. ETSAV. Collaboration with Sergio Artola, Alejandro Gómez and Ángel López de Ocáriz. 
2007 | 1a Honorable Mention Hispalyt Ceramic Chair Contest. Brick Interpretation Center in Seville. Collaboration with Sergio Artola, Alejandro Gómez and Ángel López de Ocáriz. 
2006 | 1st Prize. Verni Contest • Prens for the Design of a Prefabricated Concrete Piece. ETSAV. Collaboration with Sergio Artola, Alejandro Gómez and Ángel López de Ocáriz. 2005 | 1st prize XV Iberian Contest of Constructive Solutions PLADUR. Pavilion M2012. ETSAV. Collaboration with Sergio Artola, Alejandro Gómez and Ángel López de Ocáriz.

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