Interlocking Tile Roof at Xatera House | Tejas Borja

Tejas Borja is a worldwide leader in the production and distribution of ceramic roof tiles. Sourcing clay from Mediterranean quarries for over five decades, their products combine tradition, research and leading design for seamless integration into contemporary projects with cutting-edge technology.

This Asturian home, built at the top of a slate plot, is a single-story house conceived as a single, simple volume. With a square layout and double, slated roof, it aims to reinterpret rural Asturian tradition. Two small incisions on the side of the volume create the opening for the main access and an equivalent for its private porch.

Very clearly distributed, the layout segregates day zones from night zones, where the day zone, open, central, and lightened, focuses on the kitchen and the porch. Its southeastern corner faces the San Ciprian de Piarnu church, with which it shares views and windows to frame it. Its northern side, on the contrary, focuses on the night spaces, bedrooms, and more private areas with perpetual protection from the exterior and the northern winds.

The slated roof uses the S-Interlocking TB-12 tiles to integrate into the local architecture, with a simple yet efficient roofing structure.