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Madrid / Spai

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Surrounded by a forest of pines, oaks and cedars, M4 is a home that

both opens up to the world around it, and protects those inside

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Essentially created from three volumes, the ground

floor space i

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topped with two cantilevered units which extend outwards, providin

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shade and shelter below. The building is finished in limestone, and th

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structure plays with solidity

. Each space is orientated north to south

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with full-height glass walls on the upper

floors blurring the distinction

between inside and out. The east-west walls however are solid and

windowless, screening the rooms inside and creating a feeling of root-

edness that contrasts to the ‘flying’ structures above

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