Mediterranean Style House in Maresme by Pepe Gascón Architecture

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A photo of mediterranean style house.

Year: 2020
Location: Cabrils (Maresme)
Photographer: Carlos Sánchez Pereyra

About Studio

Pepe Gascón Architecture is an architectural studio with an extensive experience and professional background. Its work has been recognized through publications and awards, national and international. The study has a multidisciplinary team where reigns the creative and innovative spirit.

It also has external collaboration of the best experts in the most varied disciplines. We develop projects of architecture, interior design and urban space design, covering all the stages of the construction process: from the project, its management, as well as its subsequent realization.

Through an integral control of the construction process, we are able to manage projects from initial conception to final realization, always in the planned budget and timing. We develop each project with a great intensity, rigor and professionalism, trying to do a sober and essential architecture, provided with innovative solutions and timeless character.

Our starting point is the need to improve the expectations created by our customers, having a strong commitment to them throughout the building process. We enjoy talking to our customers, hear their thoughts and trying to understand which are their needs, incorporating the project as intrinsic conditions thereof. We create harmonious spaces, shapely and well lit. Spaces full of comfort for the enjoyment of our customers.

 
The house's elevated location provides expansive views of the Mediterranean Sea and the nearby lush natural park.
The house’s elevated location provides expansive views of the Mediterranean Sea and the nearby lush natural park.
It constructs with conventional architectural methods.
It constructs with conventional architectural methods.
The home's surroundings and the surrounding scenery.
The home’s surroundings and the surrounding scenery.
Traditional Mediterranean architecture is typified by the construction techniques and materials utilized.
Traditional Mediterranean architecture is typified by the construction techniques and materials utilized.
Resulting in a solidly built house with smooth, whitewashed surfaces and rounded corners.
Resulting in a solidly built house with smooth, whitewashed surfaces and rounded corners.
The design and construction of certain household furniture items employ wood.
The design and construction of certain household furniture items employ wood.
A nicer area of the house's interior.
A nicer area of the house’s interior.
You may see some potted plants inside to bring the outdoors into.
You may see some potted plants inside to bring the outdoors into.
A bedroom with all-white ceiling, walls, and furniture exudes cleanliness.
A bedroom with an all-white ceiling, walls, and furniture exudes cleanliness.
A bedroom connected to the bathroom and a tub.
A bedroom connected to the bathroom and a tub.
Due to the sunlight coming through, the room is really bright.
Due to the sunlight coming through, the room is really bright.
A room with all-white walls conveys grandeur.
A room with all-white walls conveys grandeur.
It has two sinks with wooden accents and a circle-shaped mirror, which makes it visually appealing.
It has two sinks with wooden accents and a circle-shaped mirror, which makes it visually appealing.
This radiates friendliness, cleanliness, and style.
This radiates friendliness, cleanliness, and style.
The staircase is all-white, like the rest of the house.
The staircase is all-white, like the rest of the house.
The windows are made to take advantage of the best countryside views possible.
The windows are made to take advantage of the best countryside views possible.
The construction of expansive terraces with views of the seaside and a natural park includes indoor and outdoor areas.
The construction of expansive terraces with views of the seaside and a natural park includes indoor and outdoor areas.
The location's surroundings, including the presence of greenery on the house's terraces and decks.
The location’s surroundings include greenery on the house’s terraces and decks.
It's a great place for outdoor living thanks to the pool and numerous verandas.
It’s a great place for an outdoor living thanks to the pool and numerous verandas.

This single-family home can be found next to the Parc de la Serralada Litoral, in a residential area in the Cabrils municipality, a coastal town close to the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The high altitude at which the house stands offers far-reaching views of the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding green natural park.

The work that was carried out consists of an interior refurbishment, together with a small extension to the original house, which has a character and appearance typical of the self-build houses of the 1960s and 1970s.

It uses the traditional, architectural building techniques of the Mediterranean Basin as a source of inspiration and a guideline for all project decisions, with the main considerations as follows:

– The relationship of the house with the surrounding landscape: panoramic terraces are built overlooking the coast and the natural park, including spaces that transition between indoors and outdoors, offering shade during the hot, summer months. The windows are designed to make the most of the finest views across the landscape.

– The construction methods and materials used are typical of traditional Mediterranean architecture, resulting in a house of solid dimensions, with whitewashed walls textured surfaces with rounded edges etc. …

– Certain pieces of furniture in the house are designed and built “in situ”, thereby creating a better space in the interior of the house, and therefore seeking a balance between both the exterior space (prioritised) and the quality of the interior space.

The surroundings in which the house is located, the presence of greenery on its terraces and across its decks, as well as the swimming pool and various verandas make it a fantastic place for living in the open air.

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