A walk through the Casa Cuarzo project: the entrance under the curved canopy, the living area open to the garden and the pool at dusk

Casa Cuarzo · Near Barcelona

Up high. Your way.

An elevated plot, open to the views and surrounded by nature. A defined architectural project, with room for your own style.

Walk through the house

The setting

There are plots in Bellaterra, and there is this plot.

1,394.89 m² on Carrer de Can Llobet, in the most sheltered position in Bellaterra. No frontage onto a through road. Away from the motorway and the FGC railway. Mature trees, and detached houses on large plots.

The plot as it is today: the earthworks complete, every earlier structure removed, and the pine kept by the street.

The house

The executive project, stamped by the Catalan architects' association, sets out a detached house of 471.44 m² built over three levels. Plus 287 m² of terraces — 210 m² at ground level beside the pool and 77 m² on the first floor — and 726 m² of garden across three levels. The ground floor holds the living area and three bedrooms; the first floor three more. Any of them works as a study or a gym — in the project, one is drawn as a gym.

Casa Cuarzo from the garden: a low travertine volume with a curved white canopy, the pool and pines behind
West façade to Carrer de Can Llobet.
The entrance under the curved canopy, timber door and garden
Kitchen and dining opening onto the terrace and the pool
The living area, open to the garden.
Main bathroom in travertine with a bath and a view of the garden
Six bedrooms. Four bathrooms and a guest WC.
Roof terrace over the main volume, with the curved canopy and the trees around
The roof is walkable and part of the house.
The house at dusk from the lit pool
A 23.20 m² pool.

The programme

Ground floor
228.12 m²
First floor
111.32 m²
Basement
132.00 m²
Built area
471.44 m²
Terraces
287.05 m²Ground floor 210.12 m² · First floor 76.93 m²
Garden
725.94 m²
Total area
615 m²471.44 m² built + 50% of 287 m² of terraces

Six bedrooms, four bathrooms and a guest WC. A lift, a garage for two cars and a 23.20 m² pool.

Systems

  1. Air-source heat pump.
  2. Underfloor heating.
  3. Photovoltaic panels on the roof.
  4. Aluminium joinery with a thermal break and low-emissivity glazing.
  5. Inverted flat roof.
  6. Laminated-glass balustrades.

The architecture. The people who make it possible.

Exitprojectes designed Casa Cuarzo. The practice was founded in 2003 by Dani Ortiz Pinilla and Raül Salas Gonzalbo, both registered with the COAC in 2004, and has developed 967 projects since. Today it is nine architects, with an external team of over thirty specialists in landscape, structural engineering, site supervision and building services.

Its recent work is single-family housing: 38 active projects, from 300 to 5,000 m², almost all in Catalonia. Before that, Massimo Dutti's projects worldwide between 2015 and 2020, Tous's in Spain and abroad, and work for Dayaday and Apple. Its work has been recognised by national and international media.

Torman

Construction of Casa Cuarzo is proposed with Construccions i Acabats Torman, a family firm founded in 1998 with which Exitprojectes has built several houses. Its record runs from single-family homes with pool and garage to apartment buildings and the restoration of listed properties, including the refurbishment of the Hotel Urpí and its own developments of up to 23 homes in Sabadell.

It is currently building in Sant Cugat, Castellarnau and Bellaterra.

  1. 838 MNM · Esplugues de LlobregatLarge single-family house. Architecture Exitprojectes, built by Torman.
  2. 898 AGV · Esplugues de LlobregatLarge single-family house. Architecture Exitprojectes, built by Torman.

Completed projects by the same team, for reference. They are not Casa Cuarzo.

None of this is aspiration. It is drawn to scale, stamped by the COAC and on file with the town hall.

The section

Hand-drawn longitudinal section: the house stepping down the slope, the garage below ground and trees to either side
Architecture should belong to the setting where it will stand, and adorn the landscape rather than ruin it.
Frank Lloyd Wright
The house steps down the plot's natural slope. Cross ventilation. Direct sun in the living room between 10:00 and 12:00 solar time at the winter solstice.

The plans

Basement 132.00 m²

Garage with vehicle access from the street, plant room, laundry and storage.

Basement plan: a garage for two cars, plant room, laundry and storage
Ground floor 228.12 m²

The living area, open to the garden. Three bedrooms.

Ground floor: living room, kitchen and dining opening onto the terrace and the pool, and three bedrooms
First floor 111.32 m²

Three bedrooms.

First-floor plan: three bedrooms over the west wing and the walkable roof over the living area

Executive project stamped by the COAC.

Land and floorspace

Plot
1,394.89 m² · 26 m wide, 52–55 m deep · west frontage · natural north–south slope
Zoning
20a/11 (Pla General Metropolità) · detached building · consolidated urban land
Footprint
278.38 of 278.97 m²
Floorspace
339.45 of 697.44 m²
Floors
Ground plus one, where the zoning allows ground plus two
Setbacks
8 / 5 / 8 m

The project uses 339.45 of the 697.44 m² the zoning permits, and is resolved over ground plus one floor where it allows ground plus two. The remaining margin is buildable under a new licence.

Buildable envelope The project uses 339.45 of the 697.44 m² the zoning permits, and is resolved over ground plus one floor where it allows ground plus two. The remaining margin is buildable under a new licence. Carrer de Can Llobet Plot 26 × 53.5 m 8 m 8 m 5 m 5 m 278.38 m²
Schematic to scale from the project's own dimensions. Not the site plan.

Two years ahead. A whole life to come.

  1. A stamped executive project. Not a basic one.
  2. Building licence granted and in force.
  3. Cleared site. Demolition complete, earthworks done and the trees removed — but for one kept by the street and taken into the project.
  4. Water and electricity connections executed.
  5. The complete municipal file. Planning fee settled and bonds paid.

The building licence is granted and in force. Construction can begin.

A stamped executive project and the technical studies complete. What is already done, and what remains before construction can begin, is walked through in the private presentation.

Acquisition

The land, with the project and the licence.

The plot is acquired with the stamped executive project, the municipal file and the technical documentation. The house is yet to be built.

The land, the project and the works.

Construction and project support are arranged separately. The scope, the final construction budget and each party's responsibilities are settled in a private presentation.

Design changes are reviewed with the technical team and, where applicable, require municipal approval.

From project to home

First, get to know the plot and the project. Then settle the choices, the budget and the programme. The private presentation explains the process and who is responsible for what.

  1. Understand and define

    Private presentation, site visit, scope and choices, the current cost plan.

  2. Acquire and prepare

    Purchase structure, contracts and the agreed programme, with the building licence already in force.

  3. Build and accompany

    Contractor and site-supervision roles, progress reviews, the buyer's decisions and payment milestones.

  4. Hand over

    Final checks, documentation and the agreed route to occupation.

Indicative programme: 18 months from approval of the contractor's proposal and of financing, if used.

Ask about the construction proposal

The commercial terms are provided with the documentation.

Barcelona close by. Quiet at home.

Barcelona close by. Quiet at home. Approximate times by car. Everyday journeys, school runs included, are reviewed in the presentation. 1 km 5 km FGC Bellaterra 3 min FGC Universitat Autònoma 5 min UAB 6 min C-58 6 min Barcelona 30 min Agora Sant Cugat International School 5 min European International School of Barcelona 10 min Can Llobet 20 Barcelona close by. Quiet at home. Approximate times by car. Everyday journeys, school runs included, are reviewed in the presentation. 1 km 5 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Can Llobet 20
Approximate times by car. Everyday journeys, school runs included, are reviewed in the presentation.

At Can Llobet, Bellaterra, an elevated plot with views in a wooded residential setting. Two FGC railway stations, the UAB, the ALBA Synchrotron and ESADE within minutes; the C-58, connecting to the C-16 and the AP-7. Barcelona, 25 to 40 minutes by car depending on traffic. In the surrounding area, Agora Sant Cugat International School and European International School of Barcelona.

  1. FGC Bellaterra3 min
  2. FGC Universitat Autònoma5 min
  3. UAB6 min
  4. C-586 min
  5. Barcelona30 min
  6. Agora Sant Cugat International School5 min
  7. European International School of Barcelona10 min

The documentation

  1. Basic project
  2. Full executive project, stamped by the COAC (the Catalan architects' association)
  3. Structural projectexp. 1265-23
  4. Signed geotechnical study
  5. Topographic survey
  6. Energy certification
  7. Waste-management study
  8. Health-and-safety study
  9. Demolition project
  10. Complete municipal fileJGL 21-10-2024 · exp. 121/2023/061

The building licence was granted by the Cerdanyola del Vallès Junta de Govern Local on 21-10-2024 (file 121/2023/061) and is in force: works on the wider site count as begun, and construction of the house can start. The planning fee is settled and the bonds paid; the construction tax (ICIO) falls due when works begin and is the buyer's cost. The full file is provided.

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A private presentation or a visit to the plot, by appointment. The full documentation is provided to qualified buyers.

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