The project ‘Pool with a House’ is situated on a hillside in Altos de la Zubia, a suburban development with views of the city of Granada. Juan Antonio Serrano and Paloma Baquero break away from the typical relationship between a house and its swimming pool, inverting the traditional order: the pool becomes the center and core, and embraces the actual dwelling within it. Constant interaction between architecture and water generates two complementary experiences: emerging from and submerging into the water.

The experience of emerging starts below the water level, leading to an ascent that traverses the house. The rooms relate differently with the pool level by means of submerged windows, underwater skylights, or windows positioned at water level, producing dynamic reflections. Platforms at various heights – amid which is the living room, sunken 90 centimeters – culminate in a lookout point.

In the submerging route, the pool is a space for direct interaction with water. Such features as a wet platform, a 90-centimeter-flooded courtyard, or an underwater seat are invitations to enjoy water in multiple ways. In addition, a sloping, beach-like entry allows for gradual immersion into the deeper parts, where one can swim and dive, while the underwater windows give a view of goings-on inside the house. In this way, every space is always transforming, in accordance with the light and the motion of the water, blurring the boundaries of architecture.