Minimalist House in Somoboo by Eduardo Fdez.-Abascal Teira and Florentina Muruzábal Sitges
This minimalist home project is located in Somoboo, a district in Ribamontan Al Mar, Spain. Designed by three famous architects; Eduardo Fdez.-Abascal Teira and Florentina Muruzábal Sitges, this project was finished for 4 years and start 2004. Located in a housing estate,, on the other side of Santander bay, this house supported by wonderful surrounding view. It wall hung on hillside which looks upon ” Cubas ” estuary.
First sketches insist on how to land the house on the plot so as to enjoy the beautiful sights to the south, with the estuary in the first term and the mountains in the distance, and also, on how to achieve a well orientated garden.
The organization of the house results from these conditions and the adoption of the known L-shape floor plan. Day areas and night areas were assigned to each wing, with the peculiarity of arranging each wing at a different height which allows for a better adjustment to the slope.The topography makes it possible for both volumes to have a half-buried floor for complementary uses with openings to the south which look either directly or across an English courtyard. This solution obtains a large surface, which the owners demanded, with a reduced impact.
The choice of the materials for the exterior, treated concretes, aluminium coating, oak lattices, and glass help to materialize the proposal, emphasizing the lightness of the upper volume, which seems to be floating. The interiors are solved by conventional materials, white limestone, oak and rubber pavements (Source : Archdaily)
