Casa Alboraya is a lovely apartment located in Alboraya, Spain, designed in 2020 by Mas Millet Arquitectos.

Description
Casa Alboraya has been, since its inception, a challenge. Almost a laboratory of ideas, an investigation in which to put “in crisis” what has been academically accepted and proven so far from a classical architectural point of view. It is, in short, a space to experiment in order to create something unique.
The house is also a true reflection of the particular way of understanding the world and the philosophy of life of the people who inhabit it and who today have made it their home. A home where the program, the distribution, without neglecting them, take a back seat to the prominence of a very marked language and a philosophy of architecture very different from what we are used to. Where the relationship with the outside occurs through the imitation and inspiration of what surrounds us. And where “The search for beauty in imperfection” is the essence of the project. A phrase that encompasses and summarizes all the concepts that have been embodied in this house. With a clear inspiration from traditional Japanese culture that the term Wabi-Sabi would define perfectly, even if it is – paradoxically – untranslatable for us. Wabi loosely means “the graceful beauty of humble simplicity” and Sabi would be something like “the passage of time and subsequent deterioration.” Thus, all dec...