A complicated renovation of a dilapidated historic single family house in Madrid. A new central stair and circulation spaces connect the restored traditional rooms. A reflective metal perimeter surrounds a new pool and garden increasing levels of natural light entering at lower levels. Total reconstruction of wood roof structure, reinforcement of existing structure , and MEP upgrade. Also  we can forget the use of a exclusive stone, such an Alcantara Black® with different textures, to cover  the interior and exterior floors.

Project consultants: D-fine, 3-i, T. Dalda.
Project Team: P. Rosales, K. Kim, J. Cavallé, C. Molinero, M. Barbeito.
Paving supplier: Alcantara Stone™

In a nod to the Moorish influences of the existing building, the architectural firm MOREMAS was inspired by late domestic Andalusian architecture and at the Alhambra for the organization and sequence of the spaces, the treatment of surfaces, textures and games of light and shadows.

Housing reorganized itself around a central movement space, which rather than a simple distributor, is conceived as a common space, the core that opens adjacent rooms, and a meeting place for the inhabitants of the house. This space extends from the main entrance on the ground floor to the distributor of the top floor. The unifying element that gives it its own identity is a continous coating that act as a skin, with varying degrees of perforations and reliefs which created a "textured" surface, as well as flooring inside and outside made with Alcantara Black® material and using two of the most spectacular textures of this material, in particular the Matte Design™ finish for interiors and Smooth Design™ for exteriors.