Casa La Calma, Modern House With Thick Concrete Walls in Spain

La Calma House is placed in a small town near Barcelona. Its plot is located in a forest area with a very steep slope and an abundance of pine, oak and olive trees. A natural park in front of the plot and the low building density of the area enhance the connection of the house with its natural surroundings. The house as a shelter La Calma House has been thought as a shelter for its owners, a place where they can withdraw from the hustle and bustle of the city and its hectic daily life. Because of this, the house has massive, heavy external walls that serve as a protective shell, closed to the access road and the neighbouring houses and opened to the slope and the forest. Each opening on the concrete skin has been designed to frame a specific view in the plot from a different room. However, in the façade facing the slope nature burst into the core of the house and takes centre stage. Grant space to the nature Due to the steepness of the slope and the constraining regulation, we