The 570 m² house designed by Estudio MMX provides the program with varying degrees of intimacy that go hand in hand with the level changes in the project. In this way, the most intimate spaces are found above the level of the wonderful garden, allowing their appreciation from a different and private perspective.
The range of colors and materials used to follow a sober and simple will, where the prominence and vivacity of the garden are the main actors. It is in this way that the house emerges and contrasts with an organic environment thanks to its formal design of solid geometries and simple and neutral materials.
The range of colors and materials used to follow a sober and simple will, where the prominence and vivacity of the garden are the main actors. It is in this way that the house emerges and contrasts with an organic environment thanks to its formal design of solid geometries and simple and neutral materials.
Description of project by Estudio MMX
The plot features the extraordinary garden of an old house, the project explores a defragmentation of the program by placing it along the strength of the immediate natural environment. The total volume demanded by program requirements was disturbed, fragmented and then distributed alongside the garden. The volumes are connected through transitional spaces that frame views of the garden, encouraging the user to make pauses while moving through the house. A subtle and constant link between exterior and interior spaces, blurs the perception of spatial borders.
While the public spaces of the program have direct relationship with the gardens, a sequence of spaces and level changes builds up varying degrees of intimacy. When it reaches the rooms above ground level, the inhabitants are able to contemplate the garden from another perspective while obtaining intimacy.
The selected materials, simple and of neutral colors, respond to the will for recognizing the garden as the main actor of the site. Willingly, the house makes itself present through contrast and well-defined geometries. However, the light, shadows and colors, are still those from the extraordinary landscape.
