House in Alahurín near Málaga

Abstract

This set of buildings on a single floor level, is constructed on a hillside, at Alahurín de la Torre. It follows the typical layout of Andalusian country houses, consisting as it does of two parallel, long, low roofed buildings, with windows and doors opening onto the interior precinct. The enclosed patios have shallow ponds, whose object is to cool the inner zone and establish temperature gradients within the building that will induce an effective natural ventilation. This project is especially distinguished because of its sober style, sense of spaciousness and its continuity with the natural environment. The external walls are in cut stonework, which provides a very rustic and continuous texture. On the inner side, by contrast, the walls are lightly, and ellaborately, constructed, and enclose cool patios and ample porches.