Design system 1.0
Drawn first, then built.
A light, exact system for studios that design houses and the places around them. Pages sit on a twelve-column drawing, and every photograph can carry its own drawing.
42.60 m
Display, Hanken Grotesk 300
A line drawn around the land.
Text, Hanken Grotesk 400
We walk the site, follow the light and the wind, and only then decide where the walls should stand.
Drawing data, Fragment Mono
Perimeter265.5 m
AxesA to E, 1 to 3
SheetA-104 of 12
Plaster
#E5E6E1
Ink
#1C1F1E
Graphite
#5D615E
Rule
#C8C9C2
Drafting blue
#2B4BB3
Blue on ink
#9DB0F0
Ochre
#7A5A12
Rust
#A3341F
- Ground
- Plaster, with chapters in ink
- Drawing
- Drafting blue, for what is intended
- Type
- Hanken Grotesk, Fragment Mono
- Grid
- 12 columns, 6 on tablets, 4 on phones
Houses that belong to their land.
Lindero 1.0, sheet 00
Buttons
Ink until you point at them, then drafting blue. The cross turns a quarter. Disabled buttons are only drawn: a dashed outline.
Primary, large
Primary
Ghost
Sizes: 40, 48 and 56 px
Icon only
Working
On ink and on photographs
Links and close
Fields
A line to write on, like a sheet waiting for its notes. Focus draws it in blue; a fault turns it rust and says what to change.
Text
Select
With a unit
Fault
Set by the studio
Long text
Selection
A chosen thing turns to ink, the colour of what is built. The switch is the lindero mark at work: a dot that travels along its line.
Checkboxes and switch
The layer switch
Drawn shows the intention: guides, property lines, dimensions and a tracing sheet. Built shows the house.
What it changes
12.40 m
Tabs and table
Arrow keys move between tabs. Lines draw in from the left as a table comes into view, the way a sheet is ruled.
Tabs
- Rooms
- Living, kitchen, two bedrooms
- Area
- 410 m²
- Opens to
- The terrace and the pool
- Rooms
- Main bedroom, study
- Area
- 230 m²
- Opens to
- The dunes and the sea
- Plot
- 4,200 m²
- Perimeter
- 265.5 m
- Trees kept
- Every pine on the plot
Record table
| Year | House | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Médano House | Coastal Architecture Biennial, first prize |
| 2024 | Pinar House | National Residential Awards, commendation |
| 2024 | Lagoon Pavilion | Timber and Landscape Prize, shortlist |
| 2022 | Saltgrass House | Renovation Awards, winner |
Stepper, for a real sequence
- 01Site
- 02Plan
- 03Form
- 04Layers
- 05Build
Facts
- Founded
- 2009
- Houses completed
- 38
- First visit to keys
- 18 to 30 months
Status and progress
Approved uses the drafting blue. Ochre asks for a look, rust needs an answer, and a draft is only outlined.
Tags
Progress
Measures that count up
Perimeter265.5 m
Built area640 m²
Alerts
The council has asked for a revised site plan
We are moving the garden wall 1.2 m inside the boundary. Expect the new drawing on Thursday.
The plot survey is missing
Without it we cannot set out the property line. Upload the PDF or ask us to order one.
Order a surveyApproved
Permit granted
Works can begin on 3 March. Your site meeting is booked for 9:00.
Cards and plates
A card is a photograph with a caption, not a box. Frames open upwards as they arrive; the house settles inside.
Plate with a title block
A beach house, extended towards the sea.
- Project
- Saltgrass House
- Location
- Manantiales
- Completed
- 2022
Owners
They came back with a house that knows where the sun is at every hour.
Dialogs and toasts
Dialogs are native and give focus back to what opened them. Toasts are a small ink chapter; a line runs down their time and stops while you read.
Try them
Toast
Visit requested
José Ignacio, Tuesday at 10:00.
Dialog
Remove this house?
Pinar House leaves your shortlist. Your notes on it stay saved.
Navigation
The bar takes the tone of what is under it. Below 1024 px the links move into a full-screen index; switch the width to try it.
On plaster, after the page has scrolled
Six houses, six pieces of land.
Over a photograph