House in La Murta

House in La Murta
© Maria Mira

HOUSE IN LA MURTA

Arturo Sanz

ARCHITECTS
Arturo Sanz

INTERIORS
Carmen González Úbeda

LANDSCAPE
Gustavo Marina

HIDRAULIC TILES
Mosaicos Capdevila SL

DECORATION
Miguel Salarich

LEAD ARCHITECT
Arturo Sanz Martínez

COLLABORATOR ARCHITECT
Francesca Pizzo

CONTRACTOR
Ensecon Obras y Servicios SLU

WOODEN RESTORATION
Carmen de los Ríos

WOODEN CARPENTRY
Fuster Alonso SL

MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Cooperativa Ladrillera, Duravit, Adobe, CARBEL, Fuster Alonso, MOSAICOS CAPDEVILLA, MUY CARP, Tres Griferías

PHOTOGRAPHS
Maria Mira

AREA
360 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Alzira, Spain

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Reconstruction of a country house in the Murta Valley. The house is located on a gentle slope of orange tree terraces facing north and the banks of the Xúquer River.

House in La Murta
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House in La Murta
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House in La Murta
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The entrance is through a staircase and a large garden terrace raised above the ground, leaving the construction structured by a transverse axis that, from the access and the exterior terrace, crosses the house and reaches the interior garden courtyard. Traditional materials and techniques have been used in the work.

External wooden carpentry with enamelled sills and solid steel bar grilles, internal hydraulic tile flooring made to order, external flooring made from pieces of terracotta, restored internal demolition carpentry, decorative plaster decorations of our own design, bedheads reusing the original grilles...

House in La Murta
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House in La Murta
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House in La Murta
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All of this to recover the character of the original building and the sensations that remain in the owners' childhood memories.

House in La Murta
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House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
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House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira


House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira
House in La Murta
© Maria Mira


House in La Murta
Distribution plan
House in La Murta
Tiles plan


House in La Murta
South and west elevations, Section AA
House in La Murta
BB and CC sections
House in La Murta
North and east elevations