Modernist Glass-Box Residence: Casa Hofmann in Valencia
Casa Hofmann is located on the northern outskirts of Valencia, a family residence by local practice Fran Silvestre Arquitectos that embraces its surrounding nature through a modernist design of radical transparency and minimalist elegance. Casa Hofmann has the advantage of its hillside location which comes with expansive vistas of the Mediterranean landscape and the sea looming in the horizon, plus a pool terrace.
Occypying an elongated plot perched on a verdant hillside, the house is defined by a floating roof above a stone podium. Comprising a horizontal and a vertical plane that stretch along the plot’s length, the cantileverd roof shields the house from both the summer sun and neighbours’ prying eyes. Underneath, the house’s ground floor is completely enveloped in glass, eliminating the distinction between interior and exterior, a sensation further enhanced by the use of white marble which paves both inside the house and the pool terrace infront.
The main communal areas are located on either side of the elongated floorplan, enjoying expanside views courtesy of floor-to-ceiling glazing on three sides of the building, while a white boxy enclosure in-between the living/dining area and the study contains the kitchen, bathrooms and two bedrooms. This box-within-a-box design not only affords privacy for the the private quarters and wet areas but ingeniously aslo conceals the structural suports for ...
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