House with Two Wings

The stepped terraces and the volumes that house the program respond to two different constructive logics. The former results from a base adapted to the topography in which horizontal floors and vertical walls are executed with in-situ concrete; this molded floor is responsible for reconciling the terrain with the house and taming the earth. On it, three white volumes are arranged, built with ceramic load-bearing walls and exterior insulation, referring to an essential linteled construction whose height is reduced through flat sections to make the intermediate spaces that arise between them more pleasant. In addition to the two volumes corresponding to the daily house and the rooms for sporadic use, a third volume that houses the bathroom advances over the access patio and turns concerning the parallel trace of the terraces, introducing a distortion in the plant mediated by the direction of the views to the Guadalquivir River. This alteration of the established geometric order tenses the entrance to the house and protects from the views at the back of the access patio. A wall built at the limit of the terraces nuances the looks outside, underlining the distant view of the river, protecting from the immediate vicinity, and qualifying the intermediate spaces that are constituted as outdoor rooms in which to take shelter from the Cadiz wind and the southern sun. Finally, the exterior house hollows the interior house, diluting the limits of the domestic stay made possible by a kind climate where the inside and outside are confused.