Asensio House

Alberto Campo Baeza – Casa Asencio, Chiclana della Frontera, Spain, 2000

“Light, the intense light of Cadiz, is the main material with which this house is built, a house that is a diagonal space pierced by diagonal light.
The floor plan is a square divided into two halves, or better yet, into four equal parts. The front half houses the common living and dining areas along with the library. The back half, in addition to the vertical circulation, houses the more private spaces: the bedrooms and bathrooms. The program is therefore organized in a functional way.
The section is a diagonal concatenation of double-height spaces.
The construction is simple and finished in white, like the Andalusian houses of the region. The house seems to have always been there. It is only once inside that one discovers the secret play of light and shadow, of space and time. It is as simple as it is precise.” 
Alberto Campo Baeza