A volume created from the urban needs arising from the emergence of a new promenade, a change in the section of road. In a temporary space somewhere between what was and what is wanted, the building appears as an urban element at city level, responding to more than merely the particular needs of the condominium complex.
As a family-owned building, the program is organized with a local common space on the ground floor and four levels of apartments, with direct access from the common elements. Thus, the building’s common areas and the spiral staircase are predisposed to sharing, away from the usual sterile neutrality and anti-vandalism character.
The typology is compact, with windows on either side of the unit. The living room shapes the two walls and leaves along its sides the flexible enclosures that define the bedrooms and the bathrooms. The kitchen is open to the façade and the main hall. The roof has a special relationship with the city and the sea. Under a technical pergola, a dining room is located, which can be opened completely during the summer.
Both façades have a high contrast design. The patio is very simple, faces southeast with sea views, and has a ventilated ceramic façade with large openings for the winter and corrugated slatted blinds for the summer. The façade toward the street appears a bit happier, following the modernist tradition of the area. A ceramic lattice protects the west and gives privacy to the residences.