It is a strong concrete wall the element that unfolds the whole project. The wall, that is quite high in some areas and semi-buried in other areas is a protection mechanism: on the one hand, it protects the house from negative orientations –north and west- and on the other hand, it also protects the house from the views and perspectives from the surrounding plots. And, finally, it is as well a mechanism of containment of land, since it allows the house to generate flat spaces and adapt itself to the strong unevenness of the land. 

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Architects: MLMR Arquitectos

Location: Navarre, Spain

Author Architects: Javier Martín, Víctor Larripa, Javier Martínez, Daniel Ruiz de Gordejuela
Area: 400.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Josema Cutillas, Pablo García Esparza

Construction: ECAY construcciones

© Josema Cutillas

Text description provided by the architects. It is a strong concrete wall the element that unfolds the whole project. The wall, that is quite high in some areas and semi-buried in other areas is a protection mechanism: on the one hand, it protects the house from negative orientations –north and west- and on the other hand, it also protects the house from the views and perspectives from the surrounding plots. And, finally, it is as well a mechanism of containment of land, since it allows the house to generate flat spaces and adapt itse...