Casa en Denia

A house situated in a privileged location, between the natural spot of Montgó and the beach of Dénia, which is fundamentally born with a strong desire to belong to this environment. Made with local materials and with hardly any cladding, it aims to seek timelessness.

A Mediterranean house, exposed to the climate and sovereign of the place. As simple as that.

The construction owes its shape to the surrounding environment. Situated to the north of the plot, it leaves the sunny, landscaped space to the south. The house is more permeable to this orientation to enjoy controlled views of the garden and Montgó while benefiting from solar thermal gains. The interior space expands outwards through two porches that allow year-round use thanks to their opposite orientations.

The strategically placed volumes follow one another, gaining in privacy and positioned without stridency to appropriate the distant views. The basement floor is naturally lit and ventilated through an English courtyard, giving it a certain independence from the rest of the house, thus favouring its use as a study space.

The spatial flexibility, natural lighting, cross ventilation, the logical orientation of the spaces and the location of the building on the plot, as well as the saving of natural resources and a simple construction, speak of a responsible and sustainable architecture with a broad economic, social and environmental character.

A way of understanding housing as a space of connection between architecture and its surroundings, with an austere materiality and an efficient construction solution.