{"id":2194,"date":"2021-06-03T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/plot-200\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T09:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:03:11","slug":"plot-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/en\/blog\/plot-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Plot 200 \u00b7 Contemporary detached home in Antequera (M\u00e1laga)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pale mineral render, black aluminium frames and nearly a quarter of the house in shade. Plot 200 is a detached home in Antequera (M\u00e1laga), 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.<\/p>\n

The commission: four house types, not one house<\/h2>\n

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 \u2014 plans and area schedule \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The proposal: 270.79 m\u00b2, nearly a quarter of it shaded<\/h2>\n

The house type comes to 270.79 m\u00b2 of built area: 208.95 m\u00b2 of house and 61.84 m\u00b2 of porch and covered or pergola-shaded terrace. Usable area is 165.69 m\u00b2. Close to a quarter of what is built is covered outdoor space, and that proportion is a design decision \u2014 in Antequera\u2019s continental-Mediterranean climate, shade is part of the brief, not decoration.<\/p>\n

The layout holds four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a cloakroom, a 39.44 m\u00b2 living-dining room, an 8.42 m\u00b2 kitchen with utility room, and a 25.50 m\u00b2 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.<\/p>\n

The site: retaining without levelling<\/h2>\n

The slope was the main constraint, and it was worked with rather than erased: 178.80 m\u00b2 of concrete retaining wall and 149.10 m\u00b2 of masonry wall, plus 232.50 m\u00b2 of perimeter fencing. The masonry walls reorganise the ground and echo the rural field enclosures of the area.<\/p>\n

The decision that shapes the plot most, though, is what does not get built: 875 m\u00b2 are left in their natural state. Alongside them, only 86.10 m\u00b2 of concrete tracks and 42.30 m\u00b2 of special paving. Less treated ground means less earthwork and simpler external works \u2014 the budget chapter that most often spirals out of control on a development without anyone noticing.<\/p>\n

Where the preliminary design stopped<\/h2>\n

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<\/a> and review the Antequera local plan (PGOU<\/em>) regulations and the sector\u2019s planning; draw afterwards.<\/p>\n

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