通过望远镜产生的幻觉使我们能够在第一眼无法看到的地方进行空间操作，扩大或缩小空间，使用途出现或消失，使建筑体量产生物质悬浮，在一个明显静态和确定的空间内，使观众对一个变化的环境产生惊讶。I. 委托。要翻修的房子位于瓦伦西亚的Calicanto，是一个与山地景观相连的花园住宅开发项目。该地块有足够的坡度，允许现有的建筑在两层上发展：一层从街道直接进入，第二层将被翻新，在较低的水平，有三个自由的立面，与公园和游泳池有关。以前的建筑是根据用途来组织的，与通道相关的楼层专门分配给住房，而将服务层和车库放在半地下室里。开发商家庭希望重新获得半地下室，一个在房子里被贬低的空间，以及所有作为一个家庭共享的时刻（做饭、玩耍、运动、阅读、休息），能够独自或与朋友一起享受它。

The illusion materialized through the looking glass allows us to perform spatial actions where it was not possible at first glance, to expand or reduce spaces, to make uses appear or disappear, to cause material levitations of built volumes, generating surprise in the viewer of a changing environment, within an apparently static and defined space. I. The commission. The house to be refurbished is located in Calicanto, Valencia, a garden house development linked to the mountain landscape. The sufficient slope in the plot allowed the existing construction to be developed on two floors: one with direct access from the street and the second one, to be refurbished, on a lower level with three free façades in relation to the park and the pool. The preexistent building was organized according to use, being the level related to the access specifically allocated to housing and placing the service floor and garage in the semi-basement. The developer family wanted to regain the semi-basement level, a relegated space in the house, and with it all the moments shared as a family (cooking, playing, exercising, reading, resting), to be able to enjoy it alone or with friends.

II。挑战。干预的平面图，具有正方形的比例，具有固定和决定性的元素：一个明确的围墙，房间中心的两个承重柱，以及一个两段式的楼梯，确保与房子的内部连接。在内部，一个横向的隔断将空间分为两个区域：其中一个是有条件的，以保证其适当的照明和通风，另一个是有两个面向西北的开口，通过一个半遮盖的区域与公园相连。最后，通过一个车辆坡道从街道横向进入，保证了在这一层的独立使用。这里提出了产生开放和透明空间的需要，同时允许有独立使用区域的选择，从而能够在一个有明确限制的空间里开展不同的活动。III. 幻觉。能够将外部融入内部，通过将光线引入无法到达的区域来复制空间。在一个统一的空间中容纳那些需要亲密条件的用途。将储藏室层变成房子里的另一个房间。需要一种能够产生转换、联合、联系、消失和复制效果的方法，使可能的预期幻觉成为现实。

II. The challenge. The floor plan of the intervention, with a square proportion, has as fixed and determining elements: a defined perimeter wall, two bearing columns in the center of the room, and a two-section staircase that ensures the internal connection with the house. Internally, a transverse partition divided the space into two areas: one of them conditioned for its proper lighting and ventilation, and the other one with two openings facing north-west, linked to the park through a semi-covered area. Finally, lateral access from the street through a vehicular ramp guarantees independent use at this level. The need to generate open and diaphanous spaces was raised here while allowing the alternative of having areas for independent use and thus being able to develop different activities in a space with defined limits. III. The illusion. Being able to integrate the exterior into the interior, duplicating the space by bringing light into areas where it couldn’t reach. Harboring uses that require intimate conditions in a unified space. Turning the storage room level into one more room in the house. A method that could generate effects of transformations, unions, links, disappearances, and duplications was needed, making possible desired illusions a reality.

IV. 技巧。这个策略是基于三个操作。首先，建筑被理解为配备的体积，集中在空间中，允许在一个单一的封闭空间中产生不同的区域。服务集中在两个模块中，同时供应所有的区域：一方面是从厨房到餐厅，另一方面是厕所、淋浴和水槽，它们可以独立或组合使用，最后是一个朝向临时悬挂区的洗涤区。其次，模块的中心位置和它们的平行条件保证了它们之间的自由移动，没有重叠的活动。现有的楼梯变成了第三个模块，成为新系统的一部分。四个折叠门负责操作空间，并为不同的用途建立场景。每个模块都是通过折叠这些平面连接到下一个模块，这些平面包含了体积之间的内部循环，并将它们转化为小房间。最后，通过将反射作为空间的物质定义，幻觉的游戏被正式化。镜子在底板和上条中的存在保证了配备的盒子的轻盈性，将它们转化为悬浮在空间中的体量。门在其位置上复制了环境的光线条件，把前面的东西往后推。它们的完全折叠使各区域独立，确保了使用的同时性，并通过反射为我们提供了以相同但颠倒的方式看待事物的幻觉，即通过玻璃看房子。

IV. The trick. The strategy was based on three operations. Firstly, architecture was understood as equipped volumes, centralized in space, allowing the generation of differentiated areas within a single contained space. The concentration of services in two modules simultaneously supplies all the areas: on the one hand from the kitchen to the dining room, on the other hand, the toilet, shower, and sink, which can function independently or in combination, and lastly a washing area towards a temporary hanging area. Secondly, the central position of the modules and their condition of parallelism guarantees free movement among them without overlapping activities. The existing staircase materializes as the third module, becoming part of the new system. Four folding doors are in charge of operating the space and building the scenographies for the different uses. Each module is linked to the next by folding these planes that contain the internal circulations between volumes and that transform them into small rooms. Finally, the game of illusion is formalized by incorporating reflections as a material definition of space. The presence of mirrors in the baseboards and upper strips guarantee the lightness of the equipped boxes, transforming them into volumes levitating in space. The doors in their position duplicate the light condition of the environment, pushing back what is ahead. Their complete folding makes the areas independent, ensuring the simultaneity of uses, and offers us through reflection the illusion of seeing things in an identical but inverted manner, the house through the looking glass.

Architects : CRUX arquitectos
Area : 135 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Milena Villalba
Manufacturers : Madentia SL, Obralma SL
Lead Architects : Raquel Sola Rubio, Alejandro García Pedrón
Collaborators : Carla Ruótolo
City : Torrent
Country : Spain