Casa Rovira is built for families with two brothers, on a plot located in a garden-city area, bordering a rocky massif 40 m above the sea, with views to Canet beach and Roca de la Catel.
The set forms two staggered volumes with breaks that facilitate adaptation to the abrupt topography of the terrain. Unity is achieved through patios and porches, their setback geometries and the staircase that connects them. The permeability of the façade is high when the visual vector is directed to the horizon and zero when connected to the street. Regarding the spatial scheme, the service area and the resting area are articulated in an L shape, with the rooms located in the concavity, while the main lobby forms its corner as an articulation.
Its spatial arrangement is part of an experimental line that would begin in the Ferrer Vidal house and end in the Luque House. The Rovira House is a clear variation of the Uriach house. Coderch adapts the same scheme of relations to the new framework that was presented in the Canet de Mar plot. However, Casa Rovira presents a greater definition in its limits, since it has to adjust to more restricted circumstances, the architect himself declared that those conditions were more exciting.
The structure is made up of a system of unidirectional reinforced concrete slabs supported on walls and pillars. On the outside, the façade is covered with lime plaster and the floors are made up of ceramic tiles arranged in a herringbone pattern, the openings are screened by white booklet blinds. All this provides it with that Mediterranean house style that supports the living tradition that Coderch insistently defends.
