Interview with Maria Masià in Decomarbella

Interview with Maria Masià in Decomarbella

01/09/2025

In its spring–summer edition, Decomarbella magazine features an interview with Maria Masià, general director of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, where she reflects on her professional career, her vision of architecture, and the role that teaching plays in her work.

Decomarbella is a magazine with an editorial focus on architecture, design, decoration, art, and premium lifestyle. It has established itself as a reference platform for studios and professionals in the field.

On this occasion, the interview traces Maria Masià’s journey from her academic beginnings between ETSA Valencia and the Universidade Lusíada of Porto, to her joining the studio in 2011 and her consolidation as general director in 2014. A path marked by the balance between technical knowledge, sensitivity, and teamwork as fundamental pillars. “I have always understood architecture not only as a discipline, but as a tool to improve people’s lives.”

The publication delves into her early experiences in the professional world, the value of learning in different cultural contexts, and her lasting connection with Porto. It also highlights her role as a lecturer at MArch Valencia, where she conveys to her students the importance of thinking through making, of caring for the process as much as the result, and of understanding that each project is an opportunity to add value from the essential.

Through this interview, Decomarbella offers a close look at the figure of a professional who has helped consolidate the international projection of the studio and who continues to champion precise, emotional, and collective architecture.

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46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

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46007 VALENCIA,
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Tu Reforma

Villa 95, Cover of Tu Reforma Magazine

Villa 95, Cover of Tu Reforma Magazine

25/08/2025

The specialized magazine Tu Reforma has dedicated the cover of its August edition to Villa 95 located in the natural enclave of Sotogrande, within Altos de Valderrama.

With a consolidated trajectory in promoting contemporary architecture and innovative construction solutions, Tu Reforma has become a reference publication within the sector, offering a technical and editorial perspective that highlights projects combining design, efficiency, and sustainability.

In this issue, the magazine presents Villa 95 as a residence that merges with its natural surroundings and has been conceived with a clear will for permanence. From its formal configuration—based on three elongated volumes that adapt to the topography of the plot—to its structural system, the project seeks to maximize the relationship between living space and landscape.

The feature highlights aspects such as the belvedere terrace designed for welcoming guests and enjoying the scenery, the functional flexibility that allows the house to be lived in across generations, and the incorporation of technologies like aerothermal and geothermal systems, which make this residence an example of self-sufficient architecture.

The publication includes a careful selection of photographs by Fernando Guerra, capturing the light, materiality, and geometry that define the project.

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ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Enjoy your summer

Enjoy your summer

18/08/2024

Enjoy your summer!

Project: House in Sotogrande
Photography: Fernando Guerra

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ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Villa Gaitanes

Under Construction | Villa Gaitanes

Under Construction | Villa Gaitanes

11/08/2025

The construction of Villa Gaitanes is entering its final phase, shaping an exceptional residence on a vast plot surrounded by nature in La Moraleja.

Villa Gaitanes is a volume formed by the addition and subtraction of circular shapes from a central rectangular mass. These circular forms create a variety of covered and uncovered terraces that embrace the lush green landscape of the site.

The layout of the villa is organized across two levels: the private and social areas are located on a single ground floor, at the same level as the main entrance, while the service, utility, and technical areas are positioned in the basement. Thanks to the thoughtful integration into the terrain, the lower level is barely visible from the plot.

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ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Andreu World

Andreu World at Threeseven

Andreu World at Threeseven

04/08/2025

The Threeseven project has become the setting for a special collaboration with the furniture brand Andreu World.

The photo session, carried out both inside and outside the Threeseven residences (a project conceived by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos to redefine the concept of high-end living in La Moraleja), is part of an editorial collaboration that highlights contemporary architecture and responsible design. In this context, Andreu World’s furniture is presented not only as a functional object, but as an integral part of the living space.

The collaboration celebrates shared values between both brands: sustainable design, material quality, and a respectful approach to the environment. With their essential geometry and spaces in continuity with nature, the Threeseven residences offer the ideal setting to showcase a way of living grounded in comfort, durability, and effective beauty.

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ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Villa 95 Featured in WABISABI Magazine

Villa 95 Featured in WABISABI Magazine

28/07/2025

The July/August issue of WABISABI magazine includes an article dedicated to Villa 95, one of our residential projects located in Sotogrande.

WABISABI is a bimonthly publication specializing in architecture, interior design, and contemporary art. Its editorial approach is inspired by the Japanese aesthetic of the same name, which values beauty in simplicity, essence, and imperfection. The magazine aims to offer a thoughtful perspective on creation and dwelling, exploring projects that embrace conscious, timeless architecture in dialogue with the surrounding environment.

In this issue, the article highlights the relationship between architecture and landscape, emphasizing how Villa 95 adapts to the site’s topography and light through a clear geometry and warm materials. The feature explores how the interior spaces are connected to the exterior, creating a sequence of inhabitable areas that seek balance between form, experience, and context.

The edition is available in both print and digital formats and can be accessed through the official WABISABI magazine platform.

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ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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New Project Finished | Camiral House

New Project Finished | Camiral House

14/07/2025

The geometry of the house emerges as a direct response to its setting: a predominant views, and a plot with elongated proportions that determine the longitudinal placement of the volume.

In this context, a sequence of extruded spaces is chosen, where the main rooms are oriented toward the open landscape, establishing a continuous relationship between interior and exterior.

The upper volume, slightly offset from the main body, houses the night area and creates a large covered terrace. The volumes feature only two additional openings: one on the ground floor and another on the upper level. Both are placed at strategic points, giving the façade a dynamic reading.

We have always been fascinated by Arthur Schopenhauer’s idea of architecture as “frozen music.” We like to think of this project as a movement in pause, a form sculpted by its context, like Andreu Alfaro’s sculpture Figure About to Fly, eternally still and yet in perpetual motion.

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ESPAI ALFARO
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ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Cadalt

Photoshooting | Mas Cadalt

Photoshooting | Mas Cadalt

07/07/2025

Our studio has recently completed the photo shoot of Mas Cadalt, one of our latest projects, located in Girona. For this, we collaborated with photographer Fernando Guerra, one of the most internationally recognized figures in the field of architectural photography.

This project was born first from understanding and then from intervening only where necessary. The commission consisted of updating an abandoned farmhouse to adapt it to current needs. Making use of the idea of “innovated tradition,” the volumetrics and typology are respected, with only what is necessary being updated and transformed.

The new inhabitants of the farmhouse, renowned designer Terence Woodgate and Paula Woodgate, left their life in London behind to begin a stage more connected with the environment, surrounded by trees, calm, and light. The house thus becomes the stage for a more essential way of living.

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ESPAI ALFARO
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ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Fran Silvestre to speak at the upcoming Archi Summit 2025

Fran Silvestre to speak at the upcoming Archi Summit 2025

30/06/2025

On 11 July, Fran Silvestre, founder of the studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, will be one of the keynote speakers at Archi Summit 2025, the international architecture event held in Portugal that this year focuses on the concept of “CHANGE.”

Archi Summit 2025 will run for three days, bringing together leading international figures in an environment designed for debate, inspiration and the exploration of innovative solutions. It is an unmissable event for anyone who believes the future is built through design.

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46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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Villa Lago

New Project Finished | Villa Lago, 37Threeseven

New Project Finished | Villa Lago, 37Threeseven

23/06/2025

The villa is conceived from the dissolution of its architecture into the natural environment, like a growing element or a sequence of forms found in nature.

Its volumes are arranged on the site following a gentle slope, allowing the permeable geometry to become a kind of natural tiered structure.

Its program consists of unique and functional spaces. Furthermore, the volumetric composition unfolds into different elements, creating solids and voids that give rise to courtyards, gardens, terraces, bridges, and reflecting pools — ultimately, a place made up of many places.

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ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

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