An isolated house consists of two self-built volumes, one gabled and the other added later. Their juxtaposition produced a single compact yet highly articulated enclosure in which the walls do not bear loads but instead divide space. The removal of all non-structural elements served as the starting point for designing a new home for a painter, set away from the city and open to the landscape.
Through the simplification of its main components, the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, the house is reduced to a series of generic spaces connected by doors, while also allowing for openings within their boundaries. A sequence of apertures, arranged perpendicular to the perimeter walls, establishes continuous views from the entrance to the rear terrace. Along these visual axes, interior elements conceived as furniture reinforce spatial continuity between enclosures: a concrete piece between the kitchen and the entrance, and a wooden one between the bedroom and the living room.
In one corner, a convex fireplace is positioned at the end of a series of shelves that extend the bathroom furniture. This gesture brings the warmth of the fire into the main living space and gives it a central presence. In contrast, the kitchen countertop is made of concrete, while the cabinets are in stainless steel, conveying a raw, industrial character and reinforcing the sense of openness towards the oak forest.
Finally, the house is enclosed with perforated steel shutters, enhancing the perception of the building as an isolated and autonomous object. A white volume that glows at night.