The Loft

It was a housing project for a young couple about 50 meters from the sea in Rincón de la Zofra, with panoramic views of the San Juan de Alicante beach. This San Juan Muchavista beach has become part of the city, an urban and cosmopolitan area of the Alicante metropolitan area, where a large part of the population has settled. This is due to the advent of the urban tramway network (TRAM).

A daily route, going through a stressful sequence of work, leisure and respite from the hustle and bustle of the neighbourhood. picturesque antique, in a dream of the beach and urban public spaces. The former distribution of the house corresponds to a second house model in a typical building of cottages for residential use. Seasonal use by the sea, built in one.

The houses have only 50 m² + 8 m² terrace. The proliferation of this type of construction plagued the Alicante coast in the 1990s and early 20th century, leaving a reprogrammable interior space. RGB lighting system, smart climate control system, programmable acoustic mattress, surround or focus sound system, and more, will turn this small loft into an experiential place, constantly evolving.

Controlling the experiential atmosphere is a big deal in this space. The use of the house will be increasingly promoted and accelerated, almost like a base camp, a refuge from contemporary dynamics, in which their owners, during social and cultural exchange often to the world, can prepare for their life and perfect their world. The terrace is a typical geometric find. Thanks to movable windows and underfloor heating and air conditioning, the entire house is transformed into an open sea space islands and windows.

The planning is given by the inclusion of the program and the adequacy of the general equipment of the building, allowing the construction of a "flexible" space where the trajectories are almost responsive to the intuitive use of the house, display objects that shape our living memory. Clothes, books, food are of particular importance because they make up the landscape of the house. A continuous space for a family of two. The result is a house that pushes the space continuum to the extreme through complete simplicity of form and material execution, promoting freedom of encounter, in a restrained but diminished interior landscape.