Oslo House is located on a Mediterranean hillside surrounded by greenery and pine trees, south of Spain, in Alicante.

Ramón Esteve's architecture firm based in Valencia designed this single-family house in Alicante. Constructed in white concrete, the house is formed by two displaced volumes that allow an interesting game of lights and shadows.

Designed as a great viewpoint towards the sea on a stone basement, where the horizon becomes the protagonist of the house.
 

Description of project by Ramón Esteve Estudio

The Oslo House is placed on a mountainside, in a residential state surrounded by pine trees and vegetation.

CONCRETE BLOCK

The dwelling is composed of two overlapped bodies that are set back in order to generate a play of light and shadow. This play is reinforced by the openings in the floor slabs, which lean on a stone base adapted to the steep slope of the mountain.

The house lies gently on the ground, by means of a stone base adapted to the mountainside slope. The floor slabs have got openings that allow natural light inside, thus improving the link between interior and exterior.

The house opens widely as a viewpoint towards the sea, in contrast to the privacy provided by the rear façade, which includes the entrance to the house.

MATERIALITY

The coldness given by the materials of the walls contrasts with the warmth of the interior caused by the use of large wooden surfaces.

The structure is displayed on the façade, so we enter the house walking on the slabs. The ground floor has been extended to create an outdoor living pool, completed by a swimming pool which blends with the horizon.

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Ramón Esteve
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Collaborator Architects
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Anna Boscà, María Martí, Francisco Palomo
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Tudi Soriano, quantity survayor, Emilio Pérez, Carolina Tarazona. Production Audiovisual.- Alfonso Calza. Music.- Henry Holzwarth, Papu Sebastian
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COVISAL FUTUR SL
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Project.- 2016. Completed.- 2018
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448.57 m²

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Ramón Esteve is an architecture studio founded in 1991 with the conviction that architecture is a global discipline. They have formed a team of professionals connected by the pursuit of a common goal: to generate creative responses in our environment by creating unique places, objects, and brands. Today, the studio is a place where architects, designers, and creatives work together to develop projects with character.

For them, architecture and design are complementary disciplines that enrich each other and, in some ways, are inseparable. They begin any project by paying attention to all its parameters to achieve a result with maximum clarity, simplicity, order, and harmony. Their identity is evident in their work. Their commitment to a job well done compels them to focus on the details and take care of the complete development of an idea. What is initially just a thought or an idea evolves with effort and perseverance to become a reality, a space, or an object.

Ramón Esteve Cambra, born in Valencia on August 25, 1964, earned his degree in architecture from the Madrid School of Architecture in 1990, and founded his studio, Ramón Esteve Estudio, the following year. In 1996, he earned his doctorate in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where he served as an associate professor from 2005 to 2018.

His studio has developed a wide range of projects, including single-family homes, public healthcare, educational, and cultural projects, as well as furniture design. His most notable works include Casa Na Xemena in Ibiza (2003), the Príncipe Felipe Research Center in Valencia (2004), and the renovation of the Bombas Gens building in Valencia (2018), for which he received the Land Rover Born Award. In the field of industrial design, he has collaborated with various firms, creating collections such as Origami for Vibia (2009) and Faz for Vondom (2010). Throughout his career, he has received multiple awards, including the ADCV Award in 2011 for the LINK collection for Vibia and the Best of Year Interior Design Award in 2015 for the Ulmm Daybed for Vondom.

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Published on: September 4, 2018
Cite:
metalocus, ANDREA GONZÁLEZ
"Oslo House - Concrete Block, by Ramón Esteve Estudio" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/oslo-house-concrete-block-ramon-esteve-estudio> ISSN 1139-6415
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