Dwellings for Artists in Monte de El Pardo

“The landscape matters a lot. It is important to avoid uncontrolled contrast, violent imposition, destruction. Not to hurt a plant, or remove a blade. Climb on tiptoe through the ground, levitate below the rockroses, without protruding among the oaks. To be quiet and alone in the middle of the light; facing a still and serene world”. “Importa mucho el paisaje. Importa evitar el contraste desaforado, la imposición violenta, la destrucción. No herir una planta, ni remover una brizna. Trepar de puntillas por la tierra, permanecer en el aire sobre las jaras, sin sobresalir entre las encinas. Estar callado y solo en silencio en medio de la luz; ante un mundo inmóvil y sereno”. “It is clarity that makes current life completely vulgar; suppressing problems is very comfortable, but then there is nothing left. It is already impossible to find poetic corners at the end of a winding road; there are no surprises anymore. ” “Es la claridad la que hace la vida actual completamente vulgar; suprimir los problemas es muy cómodo, pero luego no queda nada. Ya es imposible encontrar rincones poéticos al final de un camino tortuoso; ya no hay sorpresas”. The architecture of these ten residences is completely conceived from within, nothing has been left to chance. Each studio-house has been thought of as a whole, trying to make that architecture itself, together with the proper treatment of the materials and not a subsequent decoration who achieves the variety of atmospheres. The different heights and shapes of the roof tetrahedra provide overhead light in the right places and at the same time turn the sloping ceilings into elements of great interior plastic expressiveness. The arrangement of the walls allows the entry of a left flush side light that does not dazzle and prevents the annoying glare so frequent in the paintings. The light is thus incorporated as another variable in the interior architectural display.