La casa de Jesús is located in the countryside of Granada, and is characterized by plots for two-level single-family houses with enough space for gardens and terraces. However La casa de Jesús had to be fully accessible and one storey high, a fact that can occupy the total area between the house and the confines of the plot. Under these circumstances we thought about the possibility of designing a single-storey building but with half of the usual occupant capacity.

In other words, we wanted to incorporate the advantages of adjoining houses with the accessibility of a horizontal house. The combination of these two designs will allow Jesús to immerse himself in an outdoor atmosphere. The result of the research to merge these two designs is a house composed of “two halves” of similar proportions but different nature. One half is for night-time; it is massive and private, located in the most protected part of the plot Another half is for day-time; it is completely open to the outdoors. Both parts are joined in order to create a house open to the south in a U-form, where the outside part is inserted into the inside part, while the interior is projected towards the exterior by means of a parallelepiped glass of 5.35 x 9.30m., covered by a large cantilever lightweight reinforced concrete overhang of 9.00 x 16.00m.