07Project

Casa Z

Year: 2022
Location: Madrid, Spain
Status: Completed
Sector: Residential / Single-family House
Scope: Architectural design, structural project, interior design & construction direction

Description

Casa Z is a single-family house in Madrid built around a single gesture: orienting every room towards the best views of its surroundings. The project organises two white volumes slightly shifted in plan — hence its name — generating terraces, viewpoints and dual orientations across all main spaces. The ground floor groups the social programme into a large open-plan area (open kitchen, living and dining) with full-height windows that dissolve the boundary between interior and garden. The upper floor holds the private quarters: a main bedroom with terrace, secondary bedrooms and a work area, all with windows carefully framed onto the landscape. The material palette is deliberately restrained — white volumes, dark window frames, light timber floors and natural stone — so the architecture gives the leading role to light, vegetation and views.

Project Brief

2022 · Madrid, Spain

Overview

New single-family house in Madrid designed to maximise views, natural light and connection to the garden through two shifted volumes that give the project its name.

Scope of Work

01Full architectural design of a two-storey single-family house
02Concept, planning and execution documentation, plus building permit management in Madrid
03Reinforced concrete structural design and calculation
04High-efficiency envelope design with large-format aluminium window systems
05Interior design, built-in furniture and architectural lighting
06Construction site direction, MEP coordination and quality control

Approach

The project starts from a careful study of views, topography and solar orientation across the plot. From that analysis, two volumes are shifted in plan to generate a Z-shaped composition: the ground floor opens fully onto the main garden through floor-to-ceiling windows, while the upper floor rotates slightly to frame distant views from the bedrooms. The terraces produced by this shift become inhabitable in-between spaces, shaded from direct sun and oriented towards the landscape. The structure is resolved with reinforced concrete walls and slabs to allow generous cantilevers and large openings without intermediate columns. The envelope combines continuous external insulation, thermally broken aluminium frames and low-emissivity glazing, achieving an energy performance close to passivhaus standards under Madrid's continental climate.

Outcome

Casa Z delivers a bright, efficient home that is deeply connected to its surroundings. Each main room benefits from dual orientation and framed views, multiplying the sense of space without increasing built area. The result is a contemporary, restrained and functional house designed for a family that values privacy, contact with the outdoors and reduced long-term energy consumption.

Technical note — project page expanded with context on process, structural reinforcement and residential extension strategy.

Gallery

07 Frames

Fig. 01 · Main façade — shifted white volumes and perimeter garden

Fig. 02 · Living room — dual orientation and full-height windows opening to the garden

Fig. 03 · Kitchen and day area — open-plan layout with central island and fireplace

Fig. 04 · Main bedroom — panoramic window and access to the upper terrace

Fig. 05 · Ground floor plan — open distribution of the social programme

Fig. 06 · First floor plan — private area and upper terrace

Fig. 07 · Section AA — relationship between levels, stair and double-height spaces

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