Next to the Quinta de Fuente del Berro park, in the street embraced by Castaños de Indias, we find this house built in the late 1920s.
The house, the residence of the sculptor Jorge de Oteiza in the 1950s, was severely damaged, and its facades underwent numerous interventions. The architects of the JIMÉNEZ & LINARES office responsible for the project began by investigating the Archivo de la Villa de Madrid, which made it possible to discover the plans of the original project. Based on this documentation, it was possible to recover the actual image of the house: a white volume with large windows to the outside and a Roman ceramic roof, surrounded by a garden that seems to climb up the facade, incorporating flower boxes in forged steel. At the same time, they created a contemporary interior-facing space full of light and double-height areas.
Inside the house, we find a central staircase that tries to incorporate the garden inside. The space is wrapped in a perforated mesh in the shape of a palm tree, working as a large screen that casts different shadows depending on the light. The result is something like walking along a large vine that connects the other spaces of the house.

The house has three floors, with a small garden and a patio and was protected for its heritage value, as it belongs to a historic district promoted in the 1920s under the concept of Cidade Jardim. The studio paid particular attention to local and traditional materials, using natural textures, “Piedra Paloma” (national white stone) on the skirting boards and the floor of the semi cave, ceramics from an artisan workshop in Granada in the courtyard, travertine in the bathrooms and oak wood floors.