Casa Malandra / TAC Taller Alberto Calleja

Casa Malandra / TAC Taller Alberto Calleja

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Text description provided by the architects. Two volumes offset from each other define the configuration and dynamics of this typical patio house, containing part of the existing vegetation, to which we include a natural water space, generating a new microclimate. Both volumes assembled from their structure of concrete walls and wooden facades are connected through a pergola that filters the light from the patio. The long sides extend towards the sea and the mountains, allowing an unlimited dialogue with the territory on all its ventilated faces.

Both volumes house the bedrooms. Between them meeting places that we call “Magic Spaces” are established. The endemic vegetation invades them and articulates and interconnects the circulations and transactions of the routes. The social area is protected by the structure of the Palapa roof and the pool accompanies it on its shortest side, establishing an extension of the main room towards the sea. The morphology of the house is consistent with the neighboring houses, maintaining the existing profile, providing continuity to the immediate context of the place.

With the intention of minimizing the impact of the project, all the vegetation found in the area was protected in a temporary nursery, which we transplanted to the ceilings of the modules, in this way giving them back their space, giving them a visitable position and generating a positive impact on the natural air conditioning of the house.