Can Bau
«I remember the laughter and the pranks. I remember the mornings at the pool, the afternoons on the bike and the nights of endless conversations»
— A project in collaboration with Paloma Bau Studio.
«I remember the laughter and the pranks. I remember the mornings at the pool, the afternoons on the bike and the nights of endless conversations»
— A project in collaboration with Paloma Bau Studio.
Summer is a place where you feel free.
A place where frantic noises turn into birdsong, waves crash on the shore and children’s laughter is heard in all corners. A place to do and not to think. A place full of firsts.
It is precisely in this place that we find out why the owners chose Moraira, a charming village on the Costa Blanca, as their summer residence.
Here stands Can Bau.
A summer residence designed by Paloma Bau Studio and Viraje to house three families and nine members. It is a meeting place where one can live in the moment, the here and now. Its design lacks ornaments, just purity, silence, and emotion. Simple but solid materials: earthenware, concrete, stone, and reed. White and sand tones, neutral furniture, and natural textures that can be touched and felt.
The continuous pavement
becomes a guiding thread and invites you to start your journey through a house without hierarchies, where everything is shared.
The house is developed on a single level with two distinct areas.
The night area houses three double en-suite bedrooms and a bedroom exclusively for children. The day area is an open space combining a living room, kitchen, porch and swimming pool, favouring flexibility and democratisation.
The house comprises just three materials acting as a backdrop:
the continuous paving, the cladding, and the stone. Inside, the vertical walls are covered with lime mortar. A microcement in white tones is used for kitchen furniture, washbasins, and barbecues.
The result is delicate, singular and serene.
A refuge that appeals to sensations of holism, warmth, calm and belonging. Because the essential thing in Can Bau is not how or where but with whom.
