![360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-1-1.jpg)
360 House by Subarquitectura
This house by Spanish architects Subarquitectura spirals down a sloping site in Madrid.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-1.jpg)
The sweeping form overlaps at one point and gradually ramps down to accommodate the slope of the terrain.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-4.jpg)
360 House has continuous fenestration along the east-facing side to offer panoramic views of mountains in the distance while descending through the house.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-5.jpg)
Where the form overlaps a staircase offers direct access between the two storeys.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-6.jpg)
The house's exterior has been finished in black slate tiles, while the interior has whitewashed walls and ceilings throughout.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-7-1.jpg)
All photographs are taken by David Frutos.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-7-2.jpg)
Here's some more from the architect:
360 House Galapagar , Madrid / SPAIN
A unique opportunity for us in reality a problem that’s been posed thousands of times: to construct a house with a public programme of social relation, associated with the prívate life of a numerous family on a sloping plot of land with priveleged views of the mountains outside Madrid.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-7.jpg)
It has no one solution, there are many, they’re even cataloged in books about houses of a slope.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-8.jpg)
We try not to think of domestic spaces.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-9.jpg)
On the contrary, we take as a point of reference works of engineering, motorway intersections, changes of direction.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-10.jpg)
We proceed from generic solutions to the problem of descending , solutions that conceal great plasticity.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-11.jpg)
We seek the poetic in all the seems to have been considered from the merely pragmatic point of view.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-12.jpg)
The result is the literal construction of a use diagram.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-13.jpg)
In this instance, form does not follow function, but is instead function itself.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-14.jpg)
Cyclical movement, routine and surprise turn into a way of living.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-15.jpg)
Its formal complexity offers the possibility of reaching all points of the house through two different routes, which multiply the possibilities of use and enjoyment.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-17.jpg)
It has the form of a loop, 360º, like the shapes skaters make, like those of gymnasts, as artistic as they are precise.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-18.jpg)
An extreme shape, the house is curved, generating the greatest quantity of linear meters towards the good views.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-19.jpg)
It is shored up in the landscape and turns back on itself, completing the revolution.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-20.jpg)
The degree of intimacy increases as the distance to the ends increases.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-21.jpg)
At the midpoint, a mediatheque, isolated and completely dark, 100% technology, 0% landscape.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-22-1.jpg)
With a single gesture two ways of moving are generated: going down and looking outwards.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-22.jpg)
The long house, a sinuous movement, a descent by ramp and ample turning radii tangential to the setbacks of the plot of land generate a panoramic vision.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-26.gif)
Click above for larger image
The short house, the quick way in a straight line, stairs of direct descent and a dep view towards the landscape.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-27.gif)
Click above for larger image
A building that is black outside, absorbent, of slate, a material specific to the location, almost imposed as an aesthetic specification of the area.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-28.gif)
Click above for larger image
White inside, reflective, generic, neutral and luminous.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-29.gif)
Click above for larger image
Life incorporates colour, outside with the vegetation and inside with the people.
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-30.gif)
Click above for larger image
Location: Urbanización Roncesvalles. C/ Roncesvalles, 33 Galapagar, Madrid
Architects: SUBARQUITECTURA ( Andrés Silanes + Fernando Valderrama + Carlos Bañón)
Design years: 2007
Construction: 2008 – 2010
![360 House by Subarquitectura 360 House by Subarquitectura](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_360-House-by-Subarquitectura-31.gif)
Click above for larger image
Structural design: Subarquitectura
Building services: Daniel Rodriguez
Client: Arco Design and Projects
Surface area: 385 m2
Photographs: David Frutos Ruiz
See also:
.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Spiral House by Powerhouse Company |
Tram Stop in Alicante by Subarquitectura |
More architecture stories |