Housing 137

Located in Barcelona and designed by studio H Arquitectes, Housing 137 's trademark shutters seem to disappear into the stone-clad facade.

Terraces and balconies have been sculpted from wooden recesses.

From the designers:

The Urban Planning for ‘Plaça de l’Església’ in Granollers intends to regain the role of this square within the old part of town...The three facades of the building become a single skin that, thank to the continuous use of the stone even in the shutters, unifies the volume and consolidates the characteristic predominance of the massive-wall facades in the old quarter.Basalt stone has been used due to the fact that because of its porosity and texture constantly changes in colour and reflection according to the different degrees of humidity...The changing rhythm of the shutters that appear and disappear, as they are open or closed, project on the façade the interior life of the dwellings.