HOUSE 205
VA C A R I S S E S , S PA I N
THE OPENINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN FINISHED WITH WOODEN
FITTERS PROTECTED WITH REMOVABLE SHUTTERS. THE PLAIN
FORMS AND SATISFYING PROPORTIONS CONVEYING AN HON-
ESTY OF INTENTION. THE GEOMETRICAL WOODEN HOUSE
STANDS FIRMLY WITHIN A THICKET OF TREES AND BUSHES.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS CONCEIVED USING SUSTAINABLE
CRITERIA WHICH WILL HAVE A LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IM-
PACT. CONSTRUCTION USED WOODEN LOAD BEARING
WALLS WITH A FRAME SYSTEM TO UNITE THE STRUCTURE,
SURROUNDS AND CARPENTRY AND SO ALLOW AN INTERNAL
DESIGN EQUALLY SIZED ROOMS OF FLEXIBLE USE.
WITH A WELL-DETAILED PINE-CLAD FAÇADE, WITH FLUSH
WOODEN SHUTTERS AND A CONCEALED FLAT ROOF, PROJ-
ECT 205 IS PERFECTLY AT HOME IN ITS FOREST SURROUND-
INGS, A LOW-KEY DWELLING FOR MINIMAL LIVING. THE OVER-
ALL EFFECT IS ONE OF A MODEST MODERNISM. WITHOUT
DISTURBING THE LANDSCAPE.
THE HOUSE WILL BE BUILT ON A NATURAL ROCKY PLATFORM.
THIS PLATFORM WILL ALSO BE USED AS EITHER THE EXIT OR
THE GARDEN OF THE HOUSE. THE ARCHITECTS AND THE
PROPERTY DEVELOPERS HAVE AGREED ON MINIMIZING LAND
MOVEMENTS IN ORDER TO BUILD THE ARTIFICIAL LAND-
SCAPED PLATFORMS.
THE LARGE LAYER OF ROCK AND TWO CONCRETE STRUTS
WILL BE USED AS THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE.THE TWO
STRUTS WILL LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE ON THE
ROCK.THESE TWO STRUTS WILL ALSO CREATE A SPACE PERMA-
NENTLY VENTILATED BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE ROCKY
GROUND.
THE HOUSE WILL BE BUILT WITH A STRUCTURE OF LAMINAT-
ED WOOD IN LARGE KLH PANELS. THIS SYSTEM WORKS AS A
DIFFUSE STRUCTURE AS A WHOLE STRUCTURE WORKING TO-
GETHER. THIS LAYOUT ALLOWS US TO GIVE THE STRUCTURE
THE CREATION OF BIG ARCHES THUS MINIMIZING THE FOUN-
DATIONS OF THE BUILDING.
THE INNER LAYOUT OF THE HOUSE IS BASED ON A LINEAL
SEQUENCE OF ROOMS OF DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS LINKED
TO THE STRUCTURE. THERE ARE GREAT SLIDING OPENED AR-
EAS,WHICH WILL PROVIDE BOTH HARMONY AND VERSATILITY.
THE HOUSE CAN WORK AS AN OPEN-PLAN SPACE OR AS INDI-
VIDUAL, CLOSED SPACES.
THE ROCK PLATFORM USED BY THE ARCHITECTS TO ACT AS
THE FOUNDATION, WITH THE HELP OF STILTS ALSO ACTS AS A
PLATFORM FOR THE OCCUPANTS TO ENJOY AMAZING VIEWS
AND FRESH MOUNTAIN AIR.
THIS STRUCTURAL SYSTEM IMPLIES
A VERY IMPORTANT DIMINISHMENT
OF THE WEIGHT, RAW MATERIAL,
ENERGY AND SO THE CO2 EMIS-
SIONS. THE DRY ASSEMBLY IS EASY,
QUICK AND HELPS SAVING GREAT
AMOUNTS OF WATER. ALTOGETH-
ER EASES THE BUILDING AND RE-
DUCES SIGNIFICANTLY THE COST
AND TIME INVESTMENTS. THE FI-
NAL RESULT IS A WOODEN VOL-
UME SET ON A LARGE ROCK AND
SURROUNDED BY FOREST, WHICH
PREVENTS THE ECOLOGICAL VISU-
AL IMPACT.