Pale mineral render, black aluminium frames and nearly a quarter of the house in shade. Plot 200 is a detached home in Antequera (Málaga), designed in 2019 as one of four house types we produced for a private developer. The commission came not from a family with a fixed brief but from a development scheme: the house had to be repeatable across different plots while still sitting on the actual slope of each one. Hence the two decisions that shape the project: a contained footprint and a serious piece of retaining work.
The commission: four house types, not one house
A private developer asked us to design the house types for a residential scheme in Antequera. Four were delivered in December 2019, one per plot: 12, 54, 90 and 200. Each was drawn in full — plans and area schedule — because on the other side of the table was not a family with a fixed brief, but a team that had to explain and sell the house before it existed.
The work carried on after that delivery. In March 2020 the documentation for contractors was prepared: drawings and a first draft of the specification of finishes. In June 2020 the preliminary design was revised, by then with two-, three- and four-bedroom versions and a further plot added to the series.
The proposal: 270.79 m², nearly a quarter of it shaded
The house type comes to 270.79 m² of built area: 208.95 m² of house and 61.84 m² of porch and covered or pergola-shaded terrace. Usable area is 165.69 m². Close to a quarter of what is built is covered outdoor space, and that proportion is a design decision — in Antequera’s continental-Mediterranean climate, shade is part of the brief, not decoration.
The layout holds four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a cloakroom, a 39.44 m² living-dining room, an 8.42 m² kitchen with utility room, and a 25.50 m² pool outside. The envelope combines pale mineral render, concealed joinery and black aluminium frames: few materials, well chosen, for a house that has to appeal to buyers who have not seen it yet.
The site: retaining without levelling
The slope was the main constraint, and it was worked with rather than erased: 178.80 m² of concrete retaining wall and 149.10 m² of masonry wall, plus 232.50 m² of perimeter fencing. The masonry walls reorganise the ground and echo the rural field enclosures of the area.
The decision that shapes the plot most, though, is what does not get built: 875 m² are left in their natural state. Alongside them, only 86.10 m² of concrete tracks and 42.30 m² of special paving. Less treated ground means less earthwork and simpler external works — the budget chapter that most often spirals out of control on a development without anyone noticing.
Where the preliminary design stopped
The project stopped at preliminary design; the last documented revision is June 2020. The images on this page are visualisations of that design, produced in-house, not photographs of a finished building. If you own a plot in Antequera, the sensible order is this: first get in touch with the studio and review the Antequera local plan (PGOU) regulations and the sector’s planning; draw afterwards.
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Project data
- Typology: New build. Detached single-family home, one of four house types for a residential scheme
- Use: Detached single-family home
- Location: Antequera (Málaga), Andalusia
- Design year: 2019 (preliminary design December 2019; revised June 2020)
- Status: Preliminary design / architectural proposal
- Built area: 270.79 m² (208.95 m² house + 61.84 m² porch and covered or pergola-shaded terrace)
- Usable area: 165.69 m²
- Units: 1 home, as one type in a series of four (plots 12, 54, 90 and 200)
- Client: Private developer
- Klic services: Architectural design, site supervision and full project management
- Team: Juan A. Goñi Uriarte, architect (COA Málaga no. 1206), and Ruth Buján Varela, architect (COA Málaga no. 1333)
- Visualisations: Produced in-house by Klic Arquitectos
Other projects in Antequera
Discover the rest of the contemporary detached homes our studio has designed in Antequera (Málaga): Plot 200, Plot 54, Plot 12 and Plot 90. Do you own a plot in Antequera and want to build your home? Get in touch with Klic Arquitectos.
