CASA HERVÁS · Antonio Altarriba · Architect

The project consists of two boxes displaced from each other, and being sincere to its generating idea regarding its materiality, there should only be one material: white concrete, but treated in a more abstract way, looking like a plaster from a distance.

The lower box houses the day area, all integrated into a single space, consisting of dining room, living room, kitchen, access, service area and a suite room. At the point where it intersects with the upper box there is a void that is filled by the staircase and a patio that connects the three levels, reaching the basement, providing it with lighting.

The upper box is for the night area where the main room and the two secondary rooms are located, all in suite format.

The basement has a multipurpose room, machine room, storage room and a service room with a full bathroom.

The displacement between volumes causes a movement in two directions, one in the east-west direction that serves to house the parking, and the other in the north and south direction, which is where the terrace is housed.

The set is finished off with the swimming pool that is thought as a sheet of water.

In this case, the concrete is more refined. The formwork, being smoother, gives the concrete the quality of changing its appearance: from a distance it seems to be a white monolayer, but as we get closer we discover that concrete texture and its splinting. Here, concrete and technology make the finish different from more common exposed concrete.