Francisco Pomares, architect charged to create this luxury villa in the prime line of the beach
for a relevant chairman in Spain explains:
“We were looking for a material and a system that would allow us to reinterpret the traditional
Mediterranean latticework, made of decorative ceramic pieces, which dress the galleries and
fences of many of the houses in the area. In our case, we worked on a somewhat larger scale
than the houses that surrounded us, and although we wanted a solution that would give us the
same functionality as this, mainly used as a sunscreen and privacy element, we needed it to
adapt to large cloths without posing a risk to its own stability. So, when we discovered
Flexbrick, we were struck by the degree of adaptation of the system to multiple situations,
with a high degree of complexity but very simple to the naked eye.”
The cute volumes and the controlled transparency and openings enable the perception at a
more human scale, for a house that doesn’t look as big as it really is, and relates to the classical
perception and references of canonical modern architecture. The materiality of ceramic adds
up a differential texture to that of its minimalist concrete wall structure, providing shades and
sun control needed for climate comfort of the inside and outside spaces, and framing the
unique view of the Mediterranean sea and the Isle of Tabarca cleverly captured by the project.