Así es Casa Cantal: 15.000 ladrillos, ventilación cruzada y un patio contra el calor en Málaga

The basic project was already complete. It followed tradition: a one-story house with a two-slope roof and three bedrooms in La Cala del Moral, a locality between Rincón de la Victoria and Málaga city. All the necessary urban permits had been obtained, but they had been delayed so much that the architect who designed the property had already retired.

The developer then decided, in April 2023, to hand it over to the Endosdedos Arquitectura studio, formed by Fran Padilla and María Martín. "Everything was so advanced that if we touched the program, occupancy or buildability, we would have to start again from scratch with the license," Padilla explains. They could be two more years of delay, so they accepted what had already been agreed on inside and, in exchange, embraced the exterior.

This is where the essence of Casa Cantal was born, clad in a skin of 15,000 solid red bricks that evoke the surroundings. It features a grille that is attractive to the eye and efficient in preventing the sun from penetrating the walls. It has just received the Málaga Architecture Award from the Malaga College of Architecture in the Residential Unifamiliar category for its "exemplary" design and its "contemporary residential development with sustainability control," according to the jury.