Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designs House in Las Rozas as a study in geometry, light, and landscape. Located in Las Rozas, Madrid, the residence opens toward the Sierra de Guadarrama, using five cylindrical volumes to organize its 370 square meters across a 2,500 square meter site. The project, completed in 2026, turns a clear formal idea into a spatial system that responds to program, terrain, views, and local architectural codes.
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The five cylinders define the house from the outset. Each volume takes on a specific function, creating a legible distribution without forcing the plan into a conventional domestic layout. One cylinder contains the bedrooms, another accommodates the living area, while a third integrates vehicular access, the garage, and the wellness area. A separate volume contains the swimming pool and technical facilities, and another marks the entrance. This arrangement gives each part of the house its own identity while maintaining a unified architectural language.
The cylindrical geometry does more than shape the exterior. It resolves the structure and gives each interior a distinct spatial character. Curved walls guide movement, soften transitions, and create a continuous relationship between architecture and surrounding landscape. The house avoids decorative complexity and instead relies on precision, proportion, and the tension between curved and orthogonal forms.
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos cuts the cylinders obliquely to address two practical conditions. At ground level, the cuts allow the house to adapt to the natural slope of the terrain. At the upper level, they respond to the need for a pitched roof, a traditional element in the area, while bringing light from different orientations into the interior. These cuts give the project a dynamic profile and prevent the cylindrical forms from reading as closed or static objects.
The floor plan follows a rational structure. Orthogonal volumes sit at 120 degree angles and connect to form a small inner courtyard. This courtyard becomes one of the project’s most important spaces. Its geometry changes the way light moves across the surfaces during the day, altering the perception of scale, depth, and enclosure. Rather than functioning only as an outdoor void, it organizes the experience of the house from within.
Views play a central role in the project. The openings frame panoramic perspectives toward the landscape, allowing the Sierra de Guadarrama to enter the daily rhythm of the residence. Each volume also gains its own outdoor area. Some receive protected courtyards that offer shelter from wind and visual exposure, while another opens onto a terrace. This creates different levels of privacy and exposure across the house, giving the inhabitants multiple ways to engage with the site.
The project also carries a more intuitive reference. Fran Silvestre Arquitectos points to Andreu Alfaro’s Homage to Brancusi as a possible key to understanding the origin of the design. That reference helps position the house between architecture and sculptural thought. The cylinders stand as inhabitable forms, shaped by use yet guided by a formal fascination with repetition, rotation, and cut surfaces.
House in Las Rozas continues the studio’s interest in reducing architecture to clear gestures without losing complexity. The residence uses geometry as a tool for order, but also for atmosphere. Its five cylinders organize domestic life, adapt to the terrain, capture light, and open toward the mountains. Through this controlled system, Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates a house that feels precise, spatially fluid, and deeply connected to its Madrid setting.
