One-family House in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Barcelona
The house is designed as a main residence and is built on a large whale-shaped rock on the site. This rock will run through the spaces of the living room and porch and into the swimming pool. It will also mark the changes in the existing levels between the different spaces.
The space is allocated by means of five different strips.
The first one is given over basically to bedrooms and faces northwest.
The second is for services and cupboards and also operates as an element organizing the installations: it also contains lofts and skylights which provide the bathroom and passageway with natural light.
The third strip corresponds to the passageway from which there is access to all the rooms in the house. This corridor is spatially incorporated into the living room and dining room but maintains a certain degree of independence thanks to the change in level.
The fourth strip corresponds to the small grandparents’ flat, kitchen, dining room, living room and main bedroom.
The fifth corresponds to large outside porches, understood as elements of transition between the garden and the house’s inner space. The separation between the fourth and the fifth strips is realized by means of large glass surfaces providing visual continuity between the house and the garden. For a later stage some small volumes have been designed for the garden: pool changing rooms, sauna, barbecue and studio.
