A villa at once classical and elegant, discreet and refined. Designed by Spanish architect Carlos Egea López, this house in Albanchez is a residence overlooking the parched landscape of Almeria. The building's volumes adapt to the topography and dialogue with the vegetation already present in the area, while a rigorous selection of local materials contributes to the building's contemporary architectural language.

BIG Architectural Lighting designed the lighting for the entire project – both indoor and outdoor – to dialogue with Carlos Egea López's compositional choices, enhancing the alternations of solids and voids through a calibrated control of light and shadows. Performance iN Lighting is the company the studio chose to develop this important part of the project with.

In order to enhance the rough but refined materiality of the stone, warm light devices were chosen to illuminate the surfaces. In this context, QUASAR 20 single-emission wall-mounted LED luminaires provide general lighting for the spacious terrace. INSERT+ 1 and INSERT+ 2 high-protection wall recessed luminaires illuminate and secure the perimeter walkways, and thanks to their minimal protrusion they blend discreetly into the architectural surfaces. LANTERNA NK, an outdoor wall light with a painted die-cast aluminium frame and a pressed glass diffuser, on the other hand, performs the archetypal function of signalling the entrance.

The choice of a single flooring solution for both indoor and outdoor spaces is designed to create greater continuity between indoors and outdoors. The building blends naturally into the surrounding landscape, leaving the glass walls to act as a diaphragm defining the spaces.