CAMINO ANCHO

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Camino Ancho, Madrid, Spain, 2002

Single family residence for a couple and three children in Madrid, Spain. The 25,000 sq ft house is organized into two connected wings forming a ‘Z’ where the more public programs are located in a sequence that is articulated with a painting gallery and the cubical living room area.

On the upper floors the wings are divided in a parent's wing and a children's wing that works as one large loft space with movable individual  cubicles inside.

In the front of the house a series of slanted walls organizes a promenade along a sculpture garden while in the back there is a pool-house with a double swimming pool, a square one for leisurely use and a glass cantileverd lap pool for swimming.

 

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