Clos de la Vila, House, modern Valencia home, Mediterranean real estate, Spanish architecture photos

3 April 2026

Architects: Ramón Esteve Estudio

Location: Valencia, Spain

Photos: Mariela Apollonio, Eugeni Pons and Alfonso Calza

Clos de la Vila, Valencia, eastern Spain

Located on a hill overlooking a rural town in Valencia, Clos de la Vila reinterprets the traditional local gable-roof house through a contemporary architectural language. Rather than replicating the vernacular model literally, the project transforms it into a composition of adjoining volumes, each topped with a mono-pitched roof. The alternating orientation of these roofs gives the house a dynamic silhouette and reinforces the identity of each volume, while maintaining a coherent overall form.

Composition and Spatial Strategy
The layout emerges from fragmenting the building into a series of offset volumes. These subtle shifts create gaps at their intersections, giving rise to exterior spaces such as entrances, terraces and porches. In several areas, the roofs extend beyond the enclosed rooms to provide shade and shelter, strengthening the relationship between architecture and climate.

By extending certain volumes, the design forms a U-shaped plan around a central patio. This configuration not only helps to organise the programme, but also creates a protected outdoor space at the heart of the house. The patio acts as an intermediary zone between interior and exterior, bringing light deep into the plan and reinforcing the sense of openness that defines the project.

Materiality and Continuity
One of the house’s main features is its use of two distinct materials, both on the façade and in the interior. A stucco plinth, coloured to match the tone of the local soil, rises from the ground to a height of eight feet, framing the openings for windows and doors and visually anchoring the building to the site. Above this base, the walls are finished in a lighter rough stucco, while the roof is clad in tiles of the same colour, creating a restrained and harmonious palette.

The same flooring is used throughout the house, allowing the interior spaces to extend seamlessly outdoors. This continuity reinforces the fluidity of the design and blurs the boundary between enclosed rooms and open-air living areas. The material also continues into the pool area, where it is complemented by wooden platforms that echo the shape of the water and help to define a more intimate and welcoming atmosphere.

Organisation of the Programme
The programme is arranged on a single floor, divided into two parts by the central entrance. To the right lies the day area, conceived as a fluid open-plan sequence that brings together the living room, dining room, kitchen and outdoor barbecue area. This side of the house is designed to encourage gathering, movement and visual continuity, while maintaining a direct connection to the surrounding terraces and garden.

To the left, the night area is more compartmentalised and private. It includes three bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and dressing room, as well as a main suite and a laundry room. This more enclosed arrangement responds to the need for privacy and calm, creating a clear distinction between the social and domestic rhythms of the house.

Warmth in the Interior
Wood plays a dominant role in the material palette. It is used for the exterior doors and window frames, as well as for much of the built-in furniture and interior detailing. This choice introduces warmth and tactility into the spaces, softening the mineral character of the stucco and tile surfaces. The result is an interior atmosphere that feels both rustic and contemporary, rooted in local tradition while clearly modern in expression.

Landscape and Setting
The house is integrated into the local landscape through a Valencian garden that extends outwards and blends into the surroundings. Open and expansive, the garden embraces and frames views over the town below, allowing the architecture to engage continuously with its setting. Rather than being conceived as a separate element, the landscape becomes an essential part of the spatial experience of the house.

The entrance patio, which welcomes visitors, is planted with a wide variety of citrus trees, offering shade, fragrance and a strong sense of place. Around the rest of the house, carob, cypress and hackberry trees contribute to a landscape that feels both cultivated and natural, reinforcing the project’s connection to the character of the region.

Clos de la Vila in Valencia, Spain – Building Information

Architecture: Ramón Esteve Estudio – https://ramonesteve.com/

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Address Plaça Pere Borrego i Galindo, 7 – 46003, Valencia

Architect: Ramón Esteve

Project Team
María Martí, María Luna, Guillermo Sahuquillo, Adrián de Arriba

Visuals
Tudi Soriano, Pau Raigal

Building Engineer
Emilio Pérez

Construction Management
Construcciones Jose Vidal Llin

Landscaping
GM Paisajistas

Photography
Mariela Apollonio – www.fotografadearquitectura.com – @fotografadearquitectura
Eugeni Pons – www.eugenipons.com – @eugenipons
Alfonso Calza – www.alfonsocalza.com – @alfonsocalza

Music: Postdata Soundstudio – postdatasoundstudio.com – @postdatasoundstudio

Project location: Valencia, Spain
Project year: 2021
Completion year: 2025
Built area: 650 sqm
Plot surface: 54.530 sqm
Usable area: 443,70 sqm

Construction
Interior Carpentry: Palmer Artesans
Exterior Carpentry: Palmer Artesans
Fireplace and Barbecue: Chimeneas Sirvent
Interior lighting: LedsC4
Exterior lighting: LedsC4
Garden lighting: LedsC4
Handles: Olivari
Taps: Icónico
Cooktop: Pando

Materials
Façade Tyrolean render finish
Shutters and slats Metal profile and Mabyra by Aformosía
Sliding shutters Metal profile and Mabyra with marine-grade plywood
Exterior joinery Mabyra by Aformosía
Interior flooring Continuous resin Bull Concept
Exterior flooring Continuous resin Bull Concept
Interior Finish by paint
Panelled with Mabyra stained oak
Kitchen and dining area Sandalús quartz
Panelled and cabinets in stained oak
Barbecue Sandalús quartz
Panelled and cabinets in stained oak
Bathrooms Sandalús quartz
Shower in microcement
Bronze-tinted smoked glass
Flooring in continuous resin Bull Concept
Bedrooms Flooring in continuous resin Bull Concept
Panelled with Mabyra in stained oak
Headboards in off-white leather

Furniture
Living room
Sofa Bristol by Poliform
Side table Westsiby by Poliform
Armchair Almora by B&B Italia
Small table Cozy by B&B Italia
Carpet Louxor by Francisco Cumellas
Lamp Sampei by Daviby Groppi
Pendant lighting Pipe by LedsC4
Three-sided fireplace clad in corten steel and panelled in oak

Dining room
Table Wedge Dining by Minotti
Chairs Grace by Poliform
Pendant lighting Simbiosi by Daviby Groppi

Kitchen
Stools Sophie Lite by Poliform
Pendant lighting Pipe by LedsC4

Study
Desk
Chair Cab Office by Cassina
Lamp Origine by Daviby Groppi
Armchair Serie Up 2000 by B&B Italia

Master bedroom
Side table Dama by Poliform
Carpet Doblecara 4 by Nanimarquina
Chair Capitol Complex 053 by Cassina
Lamp Geen-A by Kartell
Pendant lighting Pipe by LedsC4

Exterior
Table The Factory Collection by Ramón Esteve for Vondom
Chairs The Factory Collection by Ramón Esteve for Vondom Daybeds The Factory Collection by Ramón Esteve for Vondom
Armchairs The Factory Collection by Ramón Esteve for Vondom
Coffee table The Factory Collection by Ramón Esteve for Vondom Barbecue Chimeneas Sirvent

Bathroom
Bath Shui Comfort by Cielo
Pendant lighting Pipe by LedsC4

Fittings
Integrated lighting in furniture
Switches Schneibyr
Taps Icónico

About the studio and author
Ramón Esteve is the founder, director, and creative soul of Ramón Esteve Studio. A Doctor of Architecture and an architect trained at the Higher Technical School of Madrid, he established the studio in 1991. Since then, his work has spanned architecture and interior design, as well as industrial design and art direction, both nationally and internationally.

His portfolio includes extensive experience in public projects within the healthcare, education, and cultural sectors, as well as private buildings for public use such as offices, hotels, and restaurants. He has also designed exclusive single-family homes, where his philosophy is expressed in its fullest form.

My vision of design and architecture has always been from a global perspective, considering experience as a unified whole. It’s a way of life, a way of understanding the world. The studio’s motto, “places you would like to live in”, is about creating design ecosystems. In an ecosystem, you design the environment, the objects, and the architecture; they all form part of a whole.” – Ramón Esteve.

Our studio’s DNA represents our identity and the essence of our work. We are guided by fundamental concepts that inform every decision we make, such as harmony, serenity, timelessness, atmosphere, and contextualization.
These constants are reflected in a recognizable and distinctive architectural identity, based on vernacular ideals to express contemporaneity.

Furthermore, our commitment to the uniqueness, creativity, value, and interest of each project is part of our DNA. Always acting professionally, we carry out excellent financial management of each opportunity and, starting from an excellent functional and technical resolution, we achieve an aesthetic, plastic, and artistic experience.

Ramón Esteve has been a staunch advocate of these principles, demonstrating great intuition, extreme dedication to detail, and a deep technical understanding. He is the mentor who instills these values in the team daily, creating a culture that embraces everyone.

In addition to this, the uniqueness and personal worth of each member of our team contributes to our success. We are a committed group who shares a respect for and enthusiasm for these same concepts. This collaboration has enabled us to form a multidisciplinary team with a diverse, solid, and enriched vision that defines the identity of Ramón Esteve Estudio.

Photography: Mariela Apollonio, Eugeni Pons and Alfonso Calza

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