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LE BATEAU

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HOUSE BETWEEN PINE TREES

CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA

CADIZ, SPAIN

PRIVATE COMMISSION, 2018-2022, BUILT

TEAM: CESAR BESADA, ADRIANO REIS, JOĀO PONTES

STRUCTURE: ANTONIO PAEZ

QUANTITY SURVEYOR: FRANCISCO CEBALLOS

IMAGES: JAVIER CALLEJAS

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This holiday house sits in a rectangular 1200 square metres plot of a residential area in Andalusia, close to the Atlantic Ocean. The whole neighbourhood is covered by a protected pine-tree forest.

 

We used the metaphor of a floating artefact that has landed between the pine trees. In a silent way, it reacts and adapts to the specific conditions of the site. Like in a sailing boat, the functions are organised by following the logic of the longitudinal section. 

 

The heart of the house is an internal 6x6x6 metres living space, which organises the rest of the functions and extends towards the garden. This double-height, sun-protected but well-lit volume also allows for spatial relations between the two levels.

 

A hidden, shaded courtyard and six terraces (distributed in the ground level, first floor and flat roofs) establish relationships with the sky, the garden and the pine trees. They generate multiple-character outdoors spaces that also function as buffer zones for climate control during hot summers.

 

The monolithic reinforced concrete exoskeleton (foundation slab, façade walls and roofs) has been insulated from the inside, by using a continuous double layer of eco-friendly mineral wool, in order to avoid any thermal bridge. Inside the house, delicate white finishes and some raw cement surfaces coexist with resin-coated floors and oiled timber furniture.

 

The changing sunlight and the prevailing winds have been considered all along the design process. The house welcomes the flow of time and the cycle of seasons, and it invites to calmness and contemplation.

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