Antonio Altarriba Arquitectos

Alqueria House

Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo

Alqueria House 

Antonio Altarriba Arquitectos

AREA
249 M²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Diego Opazo

MANUFACTURERS
Che Cuerpos Huecos, Cortizo, Living Ceramics, Panasonic, Placo

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Antonio Altarriba Comes

DESIGN TEAM
Rosa Lafuente, David López, Álvaro Méndez, Marta Ramón, Jesús Sancho-tello, Toni Mansilla

YEAR
2019

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCACTION
Spain

Text description provided by architect.

Alquería House is a modern village cabin located in L’Horta Nord in Valencia region, built attempting to re-interpret traditional rules of a known native typology (patio, pool, and house), giving them a more suitable meaning for this century.

Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo
Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo

The building has an “L” shape, with two different floors and heights that surround the central piece of the complex: the patio.

This main area, the heart of the house, organizes and develops the day and night zones around it, providing them with light and privacy.

Needs program required a garage, storeroom and facility room in the basement; kitchen, living room, playroom, covered pool, laundry facilities and a toilet in the ground floor; and in the second floor, night zones are placed with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a living room.

Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo
Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo

The project makes the most of the plot, generating continuous spaces that join the rooms in a visual way, where you can see both exterior and interior. The access is placed in the north-west corner where you can have a global vision through the whole house.

Including the covered pool as part of this “in and out” concept, the enclosure system allows to open it completely adding it into the patio space.

Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo
Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo

The construction materials used are natural stone-clad for the exterior finishing, walnut tree wood, ceramic tiles for the floor and texturized aluminum fences.

Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo
Alqueria House
© Diego Opazo


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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Main and Rear Elevations

Antonio Altarriba Arquitectos
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