The Jaime Sepulcre Arquitecturas studio from Elche has executed the Patioporche house project, located in the city and municipality of Elche, in the province of Alicante, in the Spanish Valencian Community.

The project was born from the idea of merging the typology of the Mediterranean patio house with the local tradition of the typical rural house of Elche, which is uniquely characterized by the use of the south-facing porch.
The proposal of Jaime Sepulcre Arquitecturas for the house finds its shape by circling a generating space that is both a patio and a porch, at the same time that it opens and projects towards the south, where the pool and garden are.

Thanks to its formal composition around this element, you get the feeling that you are entering an exterior, while the hall provides a wide and complete view of the entire house through which you walk in a very natural way.
 

Description of project by Jaime Sepulcre Arquitecturas

The idea of this house seeks to merge the typology of the Mediterranean patio house with the local tradition of the rural house from Elche that is uniquely characterized by the use of the south-facing porch.
 
Based on the fusion of both elements, the house finds its shape by curling around a generating space that we have called "patioporche." In the patioporche house, the interior spaces embrace an intimate, protected, and covered exterior space, while open to the sky, enclosing a kind of "yin yang of sun and shade." In addition to enveloping that "interiorized exterior", the house also opens and projects towards the south, where the pool and garden are.

The hall of this house is a space of arrival that projects you suddenly to the outside, to the patioporche. Coming to have the sensation of entering an exterior. From the hall you have a wide and complete view of the entire house and, from it, you walk in a very natural way to both sides, to access the common arm or to go to the arm of more private spaces.

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290 m².
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2019.
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TECHNAL.- LUMEAL XXL Aluminum sliding windows. MEISTER.- PD 200, RUSTIC OAK Parquet Floor Interior. SILESTONE.- WHITE STORM Kitchen Bench. BAROSSI.- SHAPE Series Bathroom Furniture.
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Elche, Spain.
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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.
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Published on: October 7, 2020
Cite: "Yin yang of sun and shade. Patioporche House by Jaime Sepulcre Arquitecturas" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/yin-yang-sun-and-shade-patioporche-house-jaime-sepulcre-arquitecturas> ISSN 1139-6415
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