Berlanova

A single-family house in Moixent, inland Valencia, where landscape, architecture and a controlled material register operate as a single composition. Drawing on the principles of wabi-sabi, the project searches for elegance in natural materials and the integration of timelessness with the local tradition. The approach follows a cinematic sequence: the volume appears and disappears behind the vegetation, revealing itself in full only at the reception plaza. A protected courtyard organizes the interior, generating its own microclimate through sheets of moving water. A long pool, split across two levels, extends along the symmetry axis and resolves the dialogue between intimacy and panoramic view.

A house that appears by surprise.

The approach to Berlanova follows a cinematic sequence. The volume of the house appears and disappears behind the vegetation as the path advances, allowing the building to be perceived from different angles and distances. Planted masses conceal the architecture from oblique views, releasing only a frontal reading from the access road itself. At the end of the path, the house resolves in front of a reception plaza that reveals its symmetry at once. The arrival is not gradual. It is timed by the landscape.

A courtyard that produces its own microclimate.

The interior spaces open onto a protected and controlled outdoor room. The courtyard is a traditional Mediterranean resource: shaded, enclosed on multiple sides, capable of generating a cooler microclimate through the introduction of sheets of moving water. The strategy is not formal. It responds to the climatic conditions of the inland Valencian terrain, where summer heat and seasonal aridity demand spaces calibrated to moderate them. The architecture follows wabi-sabi principles, drawing on simplicity and authenticity. The materials are natural; the spaces are timeless without insisting on it.

Two water levels, two registers.

A long pool extends along the symmetry axis of the house, drawn out as far as the site allows in order to intertwine with the landscape and capture it. To respect the topography, the water is split across two levels. The lower level sits within the courtyard, sheltered on windy days, oriented toward intimacy. The upper level opens completely to the landscape and resolves the panoramic view. The two levels establish a dialogue between public and private, openness and protection, that organizes the entire outdoor experience of the house.