Located in Ondarreta beach in San Sebastia?n, Spain, this 2,153 sq ft home has been redesigned in 2019 by Mecanismo.

Description
The intervention consisted of the reform of a house located in the vicinity of the Ondarreta beach, in San Sebastia?n, with an approximate construction area of 200 square meters.
The original state of the house represented the antithesis of what we were looking for; completely compartmentalized and dark, with low ceilings and a labyrinthine connection between the rooms.
Our intention, however, was to introduce as much light as possible by creating fluid spaces, although differentiated, without useless stays or connection and using elements and materials that allowed us to connect the different spaces of the house. For this, we propose an organization formed by two parts radically separated: the common space, which integrates the kitchen with the living room and the dining room, giving rise to a wide and open space with the largest gaps in the facade and, on the other hand, the private area, which houses the bedrooms and bathrooms and is isolated from the first one through a panel.
The use and combination of the materials in the design of the different elements and rooms structures the atmosphere of the house. We use only two materials -wood and stone- looking for their primitive and natural state; manipulating them in their form, but not their color or texture. The stone is present in four varieties and the wood used is mainl...