This minimalist concrete residence located in Calders, Spain, was designed in 2017 by Narch.

Description by Narch
The house, located in Calders (a small village in the centre of Catalonia), is the new home to a couple with two children. The site is at the end of the village with the natural park of ?Sant Llorenç del Munt i l´Obac? just in front. They requested to include an office, common living space, three private rooms, two bathrooms and a garage.
The site has a slope of one floor. All the houses of the neighbourhood have the garage in the ground floor next to the garden and the living space area in the upper floors. Our decision was to make the opposite. We placed the garage and the studio in the upper floor at the level of the street and the common living area and rooms in the ground floor in order to connect them with the garden. The acces through the garage is used as a garden, a porch, a flexible in-between space. A double-height at the living and dining area opens onto the garden and the natural park. A steel staircase in white match the flooring on the lower level. The staircase is flanked by wires to accentuate the lightweight airy feeling you get from being height up with a view down to the rest of the house.
This is a house with a very small budget but with open-minded clients. We wanted to create ?just a roof?. The house is a ?bay window?, designed to draw the eye from even the most breathtaking landscape. In order to emphasize the natur...