House Among the Pines – Casa de los Pinos by XPIRAL
Located in El Esparragal, Murcia, Spain. As the name, Casa de los Pinos (House Among the Pines), mean that the house ‘close to the earth’ — living in harmony with nature, living in touch with natural processes, or in the case of living on the top of a mountain, smack in the middle of a stand of breathtaking pine. Material used for this sustainable house came from the site stone-work, vegetation from the grounds, and timber on the site used in the pathways.
Envisioned as an “interface between domestic life and the land“, Casa de los Pinos is set deep into the mountain and features a grassy inner courtyard surrounded by uniterrupted glass walls that allow a radical openness to nature without compromising privacy. The materiality of the project is apparent everywhere; from the natural materials gathered from the site and used in the house, to the fully exposed industrial materials that make up the bulk of the project like concrete, thermo-clay and the steel cover that covers the home like a veil.
In terms of high-tech building features, Casa de los Pinos makes liberal use of engineered Robertson sandwich panels, “heat mirror” glazing and A.S.K. grill equipped windows mitigate the effects of the local climate. The combination of world-class architecture and sustainable design used in Casa de los Pinos make this house amazing.
Architect : XPIRAL
