Light-filled villa in the Maresme

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The building presents an interplay of volumes that produces porches on the ground floor, on the main façade where a covered outdoor space is created near the swimming pool, and on the rear façade, where we find the access area. On the first floor, we designed a longitudinal cantilever body on the south façade, enhancing the horizontal aspect of the main façade and allowing the different windows on the floor to be grouped together, protecting them from the intense summer sun. For the façade finishes, a plinth on the ground floor is created covered with large format dark porcelain pieces, and a white upper part resolved with SATE (Exterior Thermal Insulation System) that benefits the building’s energy efficiency.

The installation of photovoltaic solar panels on the southern slope of the sloping roof, enabling global self-consumption of the facilities, is not only environmentally friendly but also reduces the owners’ expenses.

The simplicity and elegance of straight lines and the combination of anthracite grey and white played an important part in the building’s construction. The idea was to replicate this in different ways inside the house, such as in the design of the fireplace, the finishes of the access stairs to all floors or in the bathrooms. Small details such as the hidden structures of the sliding doors, the indirect lighting of the natural wooden headboard of the double bed, or the combination of the colour of the bedside tables with the switches embedded in the headboard, help to reinforce the idea of sophistication that permeates the entire project.

The white furniture kitchen with angler-type handle is made up of a wall of column-type furniture fitted from floor to ceiling and where there are two specific niches finished with natural wood cladding where the coffee machine is installed and a work space for handwashing that combines with the top of the island where we have the hob. This combination with the use of integrated appliances, the built-in hood in the false ceiling and the likewise built-in linear lighting make up a uniform and clean space, which is also elegant and very cosy.