Anne & Adam

The objective

Tackling a single-family house project is always a challenge and this one was for us. But from the very beginning, the involvement of our clients Anne & Adam was essential to the success of the project.

The house had to be highly functional in every way and function properly from an energy perspective, so the approach to the installations was crucial. Therefore, solar panels and aerothermal energy were used to supply the air conditioning and heating.

The distribution

Anne and Adam's wish was to orientate the layout of the ground floor to maximise the views towards the pool and porch. For this reason, an open plan layout of the living room, dining room and kitchen was proposed around a large corner opening window that would facilitate access to the porch from practically any point on the ground floor area.

Privacy

Given the great visual connection with the exterior, we had to study very carefully the needs for privacy in order to generate a feeling of comfort and seclusion, while at the same time giving the possibility of regulating and extending the exposure to the exterior at certain times, such as social gatherings or the summer season, to give some examples.

Three distinct floors

The fact of having two floors with a large surface area, such as the basement and the attic, gave them the opportunity to integrate them in order to make them more present in the daily life of the house. That’s why we placed such importance on the staircase — conceived as a monolithic structure in iron and wood — which connects the three floors of the home. Attached to it is a shelving unit that runs the full height of the house, enhancing its functionality even further.
The dual function of spaces is one of Volta_’s most defining characteristics.

The attic

From the outset, the clients wanted to convert the attic into a leisure space with a long work table to organise access to it. They wanted it to breathe 'different' from the rest of the house. This is why it is the only plant where wood was used on the ground, to give it a warmer character.

Thanks to the lower ceiling height and the special treatment given to the windows that protrude towards the façade, understood as 'living corners' for sitting, lying down or even sleeping, they make possible a very cosy atmosphere that fully met their expectations.

A very special basement

In the basement, which also has a marked leisure character, the old wine cellar stands out and the client's desire to give it new life, so we proposed discovering the original ceramic vault, accessing it by means of a transparent enclosure of smoked glass and iron, which allowed it to be integrated into the open-plan space of the floor and turned it into a very particular room.

The rest of the basement was organised in a more functional way but always thinking about the enjoyment of family and friends, to share an informal meal, celebrate a birthday, watch a movie, or whatever you need to do at any given moment.

For this purpose, an area with a long table and benches for lunch or dinner, a billiard area, a sofa area with a large TV screen separated from the billiard area by a large bookshelf, or a bedroom with a guest bathroom make this basement a very special, open and at the same time cosy space.

The stone pavement stands out for its subtle Romanesque pattern that differentiates it from the ground floor and gives a unique character to this space.

A bright and cosy house

In short, Anna and Adam's housing project has ended up being what they were looking for, an open but cosy house, very familiar and warm, and, above all, very functional both in terms of use and energy, as thanks to its design, they rarely have to use the heating or air conditioning in the different seasons.

A very special house to live in and enjoy with the family.