Pepe Gascón Arquitectura

House in Matadepera

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

HOUSE IN MATADEPERA

Pepe Gascón Arquitectura

AREA
406 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Aitor Estevez

YEAR
2020

Location
Spain

CATEGORY
Houses

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Pepe Gascón Arquitectura

This home is located on the slopes of the Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac Natural Park and, therefore, in a setting of stunning natural scenery.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

It forms part of a low-density residential area, in which a succession of detached single-family dwellings is camouflaged amid the surrounding landscape.

All of them are built on generously-sized, sloping plots.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

Two premises form the basis of the design choices: The elevation of the house’s location on the plot should offer privacy and intimacy from the street, while simultaneously enabling an interior/exterior transition of the property that is permeable and fluid.

Level 0 of the house. together with the mark that it leaves. must respect, and sustain as far as possible, the abundant pre-existing native vegetation.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

The house is therefore surrounded by holm oaks, common oaks and Mediterranean shrubbery.

There is another important attribute that must be highlighted: the plot faces south because of its façade looking out onto the street.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

The U-shaped house plan allows us a sunny inner courtyard for the pool to be situated, and where every moment of daytime is soaked up.

This solution ensures privacy for the property, and becomes the backbone of the project: a central access space - open, flexible and highly permeable from the exterior - that separates day and night.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

So the microcosm of the home revolves around this inner courtyard and its pool.

A spiral stairway takes us up to the upper floor, where the studio and its horizontal balcony connect us with the wonderful scenery and nature that surrounds us.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez
House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez

The abstraction of the bush-hammered concrete that superbly envelops the house - like a waistcoat - is diluted amid the green surroundings of the property.

A piano presides over the home's central space, where the owners, great music lovers, can enjoy it while tuning in to the natural environment.

House in Matadepera
© Aitor Estévez


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Pepe Gascón Arquitectura
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Pepe Gascón Arquitectura
Carrer de Pius XI, 2, 08222 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain