BCH house

Single family house in la Floresta, Sant Cugat del Vallès. Designed by Aresta a+u arquitectes.

Modern house exterior with large windows and a spacious terrace, surrounded by trees and natural landscape.
View from the kitchen into the living area, showcasing an open floor plan with wooden floors and a cozy reading nook.
Modern home office with large windows, extensive bookshelves, and wooden floors, overlooking a green landscape.

Residential Architecture Photography: BCH House in La Floresta

This architectural photography showcase documents BCH House, a modern home in the wooded hills of La Floresta, Sant Cugat del Vallès. Designed by the progressive studio Aresta a+u arquitectes, the project demonstrates biophilic residential design through direct interaction with its natural surroundings.

The photoshoot focuses on the home’s clean lines, natural materials, and expansive views that place it within its tranquil forest setting.

Capturing Open Layouts, Timber Textures, and Forest Sightlines

The visual storytelling of this residential shoot emphasises breathing space, warm materiality, and uninterrupted light throughout BCH House.

  • Fluid Open-Plan Living: The interior photography documents the open floor plan, with kitchen compositions that look directly into the primary living area, showing how the spaces connect.
  • The Tactility of Natural Wood: Rich, warm wooden flooring runs throughout the interior, echoed by the custom carpentry and furniture. The exposures are balanced to draw out the timber's fine grain and shifting tones against the crisp, white minimalist partition lines.
  • The Woodland Home Office: A standout sequence frames the home office, where floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and vast windows show how the workspace opens onto the canopy of trees beyond.

Technical Harmony with Exterior Landscapes

Photographing a detached residence embedded in a sloped, low-density woodland neighbourhood like La Floresta demands a clear understanding of natural lighting and environmental integration.

The exterior architecture images portray the building’s contemporary geometry and its spacious terrace, which cuts clean volumes into the natural landscape. Using precise wide-angle framing and strict vertical alignment, the photos accurately represent the home’s scale without distorting its lines. By balancing the high-contrast sunlight piercing through the trees with the soft interior ambient lighting, this portfolio preserves a visual archive of Aresta a+u’s mastery of nature-integrated residential architecture.