mimoNoDa House

On a wedge-shaped plot at the end of Pozo Street in Mutilva and with access at the bottom of an ascending slope, this house is ordered for a family with two daughters. The irregular and complex geometry made us propose a ground floor as a basement that would occupy the maximum area allowed. This basement was ordered using the direction of the northern boundary. To give privacy to the house it was decided to perforate it with a patio, around which are articulated the day spaces (living room, kitchen, dining room and study), forming a U that opens towards the garden to the southeast.

Two cubic volumes emerge from the basement. One contains the parents’ bedroom and the other contains the daughters’ bedroom. Both are separated by a glazed crack that is accessed by a staircase that ascends tangentially to the interior courtyard. The two volumes have one slope roof whose fall is oriented differently, thus emphasizing its autonomy.

Access from the street takes place through a staircase of broken geometry, which rises one meter above street level. The house is hermetic towards the outside, opening towards the interior patio towards the southeast garden, only direction where there is no building. A small pond in the courtyard reflects the vibration of water inside the house. The southwest facing garden is solved by two strips: one of green lawn and one of water as a mini pool. Parallel to the southern limit, a road allows us to leave towards the mountain located to the east.