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Villa Lago, La Moraleja, Madrid

12 December 2025

Architect: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Location: La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain

VILLA LAGO, LA MORALEJA, LA MORALEJA, MADRID, SPAIN

Photos by Fernando Guerra

English text (scroll down for Spanish):

Villa Lago, La Moraleja in Madrid, Spain

A proposal is made for an architecture that intertwines with the garden, maximizing the perimeter of contact with the landscape and dissolving the boundaries between the built and the natural. In this area of Madrid, that relationship with the surroundings acquires a singular value.

To achieve this, a compact volumetry is deliberately abandoned in favour of an ascending layout that evokes certain works by Alfaro. The project aspires to resolve a dichotomy: to be both geometric and organic. Although its structure is precise, the inhabitant perceives it as something natural, almost as if it had settled into the place in an apparently random way.

The project combines two ancestral archetypes: the pavilion, understood as an open and centrifugal space; and the courtyard, conceived as a more sheltered yet open-air domain. We have always been fascinated by the relationship with the exterior in some elongated-plan projects by Glenn Murcutt and Stephane Beel, among others. The pieces are configured as longitudinal, through-running elements, obtained by means of a large-radius curve.

These bodies are juxtaposed to optimise circulation. From this interplay emerge five gardens with their own identities —almost open courtyards— defined by the disposition of the architecture. Each offers a particular atmosphere and multiplies visual relationships, ensuring that the exterior is always an active presence in the experience of the whole. They are spaces prepared to host the large-scale plant species that will arrive over time.

The programme is organised according to this ascending logic. On the lower level are the swimming pool and guest rooms; above it unfolds the day area, oriented towards the nearby view of a lake; and at the highest level are the night spaces, gathered into a single piece that acts as a bridge and generates beneath it a wide shaded terrace. At the point where the different pieces converge lies the communication core, which articulates the levels and reinforces the continuity between architecture and landscape.

Ultimately, the project is born from something as ancient as it is essential in architecture: proportion. It is through a meticulously calibrated width of the elements that the desired spatial relationship is achieved. Nothing more and nothing less.

Spanish text:

VILLA LAGO, LA MORALEJA, MADRID, ESPAÑA

Se propone una arquitectura que se entrelace con el jardín, ampliando al máximo el perímetro de contacto con el paisaje y diluyendo los límites entre lo construido y lo natural. En este enclave de Madrid, esa relación con el entorno adquiere un valor singular. Para lograrlo, se renuncia deliberadamente a una volumetría compacta y se adopta un trazado ascendente que evoca ciertas obras de Alfaro. El proyecto aspira a resolver una dicotomía: ser a la vez geométrico y orgánico. Aunque su estructura es precisa, el habitante la percibe como algo natural, casi como si se hubiera acomodado de manera aleatoria al lugar.

El proyecto combina dos arquetipos ancestrales: el pabellón, entendido como un espacio abierto y centrífugo; y el patio, concebido como un ámbito más recogido y descubierto. Siempre nos fascinó la relación con el exterior en algunos proyectos de plantas alargadas de la obra de Glenn Murcutt y Stephane Beel, entre otros.

Las piezas se configuran como elementos longitudinales y pasantes, obtenidos mediante un radio de gran dimensión. Estos cuerpos se yuxtaponen optimizando las circulaciones. De esa relación surgen cinco jardines con identidades propias —casi patios abiertos— definidos por la disposición de la arquitectura. Cada uno ofrece una atmósfera particular y multiplica las relaciones visuales, haciendo que el exterior sea siempre una presencia activa en la experiencia del conjunto. Son espacios preparados para acoger las especies de gran porte que llegarán con el tiempo.

El programa se organiza siguiendo esta lógica ascendente. En el nivel inferior se sitúan la piscina y las habitaciones de invitados; por encima se desarrolla la zona de día, que se orienta hacia la cercana vista de un lago; y en la cota más alta se disponen las estancias nocturnas, reunidas en una pieza que actúa como un puente y genera bajo ella una amplia terraza en sombra. En el punto donde convergen las distintas piezas se ubica el núcleo de comunicaciones, que articula los niveles y refuerza la continuidad entre arquitectura y paisaje.

El proyecto, en última instancia, nace de algo tan antiguo como esencial en arquitectura: la proporción. Es a través de un ancho de los elementos minuciosamente ajustado como se alcanza la relación espacial buscada. Nada más y nada menos.

Villa Lago, La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain – Property Information

ARCHITECTURE: FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS

PROJECT TEAM: Fran Silvestre | Principal in Charge
María Masià | Collaborating Architect
Estefania Soriano | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Lucas | Collaborating Architect

INTERIOR DESIGN: ALFARO HOFMANN

DEVELOPER: 37 THREESEVEN

TECHNICAL ARCHITECT: Jorge Carrión Ponce, José Miguel Cota San Andrés

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Estructuras Singulares

PHOTOGRAPHER: Fernando Guerra

VIDEO: Jesús Orrico

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Project Work

COLLABORATORS

LOCATION: La Moraleja, Madrid

YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION: 2022 – 2024

BUILT AREA: 1106 m2

PLOT AREA: 3066 m2

PRODUCT TYPOLOGY: Single-Family Home

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS

FACILITIES

Air Conditioning: Aerothermal, Radiant Floor, Cooling Floor System and Fan Coil

Lighting: False ceiling recesses. Led linear luminaire

FINISHES

Interior Flooring: Hermitage Beige Marble Honed Finish
Exterior: Beige Hermitage Marble Sandblasted Finish
Coatings: Sate by Baumit

CARPENTRY and IRONMONGERY

Interior Carpentyr: Ebanistería Kineby
Interior Doors: Sensem
Door Handles: Olivari Radial SuperBronzo
Exterior Carp. IMG Windows

INTERIOR DESIGN

FURNITURE

Dunas XS stools by Inclass
Dining table EXTRA TABLE by Andreu World
Dining chair NUEZ by Andreu World
Alya armchair by Andreu World
Dunas XL lounge chair by Inclass
City Sofas by Sancal
Sui side table by Inclass
Nume side table by Inclass
Atollo lamp by Oluce
Tab Floor lamp by Flos
Origin outdoor collection by Point
Trenza Loungers TU0704 by Andreu World
Siesta Sofas by Andreu World
Siesta Side Table ME4753 by Andreu World
Sculpture Afrodita by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

BATHROOMS

Sanitary:
Suspended toilet Roca Round beige
Faucets Rovira Link edition

Carpentry: Custom-made furniture

KITCHEN

Furniture:
Design by Estudio61
Manufacturing by Arredo

Household appliances: Gaggenau