PilMa House / Azootea

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Text description provided by the architects. The site is located on the edge of the urban area, in a lot with steep slopes and natural caves. The proposal responds to this boundary condition: Firstly a system of concatenated walls and concrete slabs break and compensate the pressure of the earth, and take advantage of its thermal inertia like the caves in the area.

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Furthermore, a light wooden structure sets the friendly and urban part of the intervention. Thus, the first floor houses the damp program, kitchen and bathrooms, while the second contains the dry program, living area and bedrooms.

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The dwelling is closed to its nearby environment turning to a courtyard, which is the central space of the house, ensuring lighting and cross ventilation in all rooms, and functions as expansion space for the house during the warmer months. However, the house opens into the distant landscape through the roof garden.

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