{"id":2180,"date":"2026-05-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/pinares-de-san-anton\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T11:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:26:12","slug":"pinares-de-san-anton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/en\/blog\/pinares-de-san-anton\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Pinares de San Ant\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

A white house stepping down the hillside of Monte de San Ant\u00f3n, in the city of M\u00e1laga, among pines that were there first. The plot runs to 800.74 m\u00b2, falls steeply and comes with its own pine wood, so this single-family home in Pinares de San Ant\u00f3n is arranged over three levels: the house goes down with the ground rather than flattening it, and moves as little earth as possible.<\/p>\n

The brief: five bedrooms over three levels<\/h2>\n

The commission came from private clients, and the outline design (proyecto b\u00e1sico<\/em>) is dated December 2021. The programme is five bedrooms and four bathrooms across three levels: basement, ground and first floor. The basement earns its keep \u2014 a 27.28 m\u00b2 office, a bedroom with its own bathroom, the garage-store and the plant room.<\/p>\n

We had worked this hillside before, on Casa Aroa<\/a>. The starting point here was the same: the ground first, the house after.<\/p>\n

What the plot dictated<\/h2>\n

A marked slope and mature pines. Before setting any levels we commissioned a ground investigation from GeoBiental\u2019s geotechnics department. On a slope, the level you sit the house at is not a drawing decision; it is the decision that weighs most on the whole build.<\/p>\n

The trees needed a consent of their own. Not all of them could stay: the city\u2019s parks department (Parques y Jardines<\/em>) allowed six trees to be removed and three to be transplanted, on condition that those three stayed within the plot. That strikes us as the right condition \u2014 the house was designed to live among the pines, not instead of them.<\/p>\n

The changes in level are held by retaining walls of precast concrete units, the same system used for the boundary wall. It does nothing for a render and a great deal for the build: the units arrive ready, go up quickly and save formworking half a hillside.<\/p>\n

Structure and site<\/h2>\n

Vertical structure is reinforced concrete columns and walls; horizontally, a 30 cm waffle slab (25+5) in reinforced concrete with permanent void formers. We did the structural design in-house rather than sub-contracting it.<\/p>\n

The external wall is a cavity build-up: half-brick perforated outer leaf, air cavity, mineral wool insulation and a plasterboard lining, rendered outside in cement mortar and painted white. That white is what picks the house out against the pines. The basement floor is power-floated concrete \u2014 it is the working level, and it needs no more than that. Heating and cooling are air-to-air through ducts concealed in the suspended ceilings, with hot water by air-source heat pump.<\/p>\n

The works are under our own supervision as architects (direcci\u00f3n de obra<\/em>), Ruth Buj\u00e1n Varela and Juan Go\u00f1i Uriarte. Day-to-day site supervision and health and safety coordination sit with Jos\u00e9 Manuel Van Eyk, the arquitecto t\u00e9cnico<\/em>. The 13.50 m\u00b2 pool was documented separately, with its own outline and technical design.<\/p>\n

Gallery<\/h2>\n
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\"Fa\u00e7ade<\/figure>\n
\"Entrance<\/figure>\n
\"Living<\/figure>\n
\"Exterior<\/figure>\n
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Project data<\/h2>\n
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  • Typology:<\/strong> New-build detached single-family home over three levels (basement, ground and first floor)<\/li>\n
  • Use:<\/strong> Residential \u2014 single-family home<\/li>\n
  • Location:<\/strong> Calle Cedros, Pinares de San Ant\u00f3n, M\u00e1laga (Spain)<\/li>\n
  • Design year:<\/strong> 2021<\/li>\n
  • Status:<\/strong> Under construction<\/li>\n
  • Built area:<\/strong> 1,113.02 m\u00b2<\/li>\n
  • Plot area:<\/strong> 800.74 m\u00b2<\/li>\n
  • Units:<\/strong> 1 single-family home (five bedrooms, four bathrooms) plus a 13.50 m\u00b2 pool, designed separately<\/li>\n
  • Client:<\/strong> Private client: individuals at outline design stage, a private limited company for the technical design and construction phase<\/li>\n
  • Architect\u2019s supervision (direcci\u00f3n de obra):<\/strong> Klic Arquitectos \u2014 Juan Alejandro Go\u00f1i Uriarte and Ruth Buj\u00e1n Varela<\/li>\n
  • Site supervision (direcci\u00f3n de ejecuci\u00f3n):<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Manuel Van Eyk, arquitecto t\u00e9cnico, also acting as health and safety coordinator during construction<\/li>\n
  • Structural engineering:<\/strong> In-house, by the project architects: 30 cm waffle slab (25+5) in reinforced concrete with permanent void formers, on reinforced concrete columns and walls<\/li>\n
  • Klic services:<\/strong> Outline design, technical design, architect\u2019s supervision of the works, and the separate pool design<\/li>\n
  • Team:<\/strong> Klicstudio Arquitectura y Dise\u00f1o SLP. Juan Alejandro Go\u00f1i Uriarte (member no. 1206, COA M\u00e1laga) and Ruth Buj\u00e1n Varela (member no. 1333). Ground investigation: GeoBiental geotechnics department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n