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Sculptural Home for Art Collectors Includes Rooftop Pool

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A three story home at Samosaguas on the outskirts of Madrid by A-cero Architects houses an art studio and pool on the top floor.

Who would suspect there is a reservoir-like swimming pool hiding in plain sight here at this sculptural entry suggesting natural stratified rock formation.

Yet almost the entire top floor, which also houses an art studio, is actually swimmable.

The architectural textured concrete swoop that appears to be pure art also conceals the swimmers from the street.

When lit from below, there is a hint of the very large scale of this body of water.

Housing a second children’s indoor pool inside, the exterior of the top floors is textured horizontally in the concrete formwork to appear like natural stratified rock.

The shapes of these swooping elements when reflected in the pool are pretty out there!

The shape of the house is highly unusual, but it is not quite as sci-fi looking as the reflection in the top floor pool suggests!

The home is designed to house a stunning art collection.

The beautiful swoop shape of the pool is repeated to very elegantly contain a different element – not water but fire.

Art fills the hallways and public spaces of the home.

To present the art in a gallery-like neutrality, huge white ceramic tiles are used throughout.

The sense of a gallery is reinforced by large expanses of white on the ground floor.

Even the furnishings like this dining table are conceived as art objects within the space.

When not in use, the dining room table and chairs closes up into a pure box shape.

Even the tiniest children get starter art in their own way.

The architects designed some of the exterior forms for repetition inside.

In this way, the very sculptural forms of the building exterior are continued seamlessly inside.

Custom-designed kitchen chairs slide under a cantilevered section of the kitchen prep zone.

The shape is repeated in the bedroom to create a sleeping platform.

From the stunning art collection on the lowest level, one can walk out to a nearby lake.

Looking back from here one really appreciates the choice of materials and shape which stacks naturally like a stratified rock formation, in complete harmony with the landscape.