Villalón House
Santander, Spain
This house was a job for a good friend. Making a home for a friend and his family carries with it both the advantage and disadvantage that the project’s presence lingers indefinitely. As such, it has served as a good opportunity for the studio to follow over the years how a building holds up and the client’s relationship to it.
The house is located on a southward-facing slope with magnificent views over the Pas River near Santander. All of the rooms give towards the valley, observing a longitudinal scheme, its centerpiece featuring northern access via a hallway behind which an interior, glassed-in patio relates and separates the corridors, access areas and rooms. The stairway serves as a counterpoint to the patio as a closed space between concrete sheets. The master bedroom and the adjacent living room open towards a two-tiered design over the parlor, creating a unique interrelating space, closed to the south by a glassed facade which highlights and takes advantage of the views around which the home’s design is based.
Outside a compact space is created where the use of glass, stone and concrete textures contributes to the facade’s design.
The house is located on a southward-facing slope with magnificent views over the Pas River near Santander. All of the rooms give towards the valley, observing a longitudinal scheme, its centerpiece featuring northern access via a hallway behind which an interior, glassed-in patio relates and separates the corridors, access areas and rooms. The stairway serves as a counterpoint to the patio as a closed space between concrete sheets. The master bedroom and the adjacent living room open towards a two-tiered design over the parlor, creating a unique interrelating space, closed to the south by a glassed facade which highlights and takes advantage of the views around which the home’s design is based.
Outside a compact space is created where the use of glass, stone and concrete textures contributes to the facade’s design.
Single-family home
Puente Arce Street, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Private
380 sqm
Architects: Alejandro Bueso-Inchausti, Pablo Rein and Jorge Bueso-Inchausti.
Direction Works: Bueso-Inchausti & Rein Arquitectos
1989-1991