Original drawing by Jordi López Querol.
Before becoming walls, windows or roofs, many of the forms of La Casa Verda began as lines on paper.
This drawing is one of them.
At first glance, it may look like a sketch of an unconventional shape. But behind those curves was a very specific intention.
To create more south-facing façade.
If the perimeter of the building had followed a straight line, the available length would have been much shorter. By using curves, that same façade could be extended considerably without the building having to grow by the same proportion.
The drawing itself includes an estimate: the straight line represents approximately 57% of the length of the curved line.
And that made something particularly interesting possible: having more façade surface able to take advantage of its southern orientation and, with it, solar radiation.
But the drawing reveals something else.
The curves were not conceived in isolation.
As Jordi traced the shape of the building, he was also imagining where windows could be placed, how certain spaces could be oriented, or how to reduce the possible direct entry of cold air on the north side.
One decision led to another.
The shape influenced the windows.
The windows, the incoming light.
The orientation, the use of sunlight.
And all of this, in turn, reshaped the form.
So perhaps the most interesting thing about this drawing isn’t the curves we can see in it.
It’s everything that was beginning to take shape through them.
We’ve been building La Casa Verda for years.
Without rushing.
Trying to care for every little detail.
We hope everyone who visits can feel the care with which it was built.
