Architects in Rocafort
We design single-family houses in Rocafort, the municipality with the highest average income in the province of Valencia: a quiet, carefully kept garden town on the market gardens, minutes from the centre. We support every project from the first meeting to the handover.
Rocafort: the Machado town with the highest income in the province
Rocafort is a small municipality in l’Horta Nord, on the historic market gardens watered by the Acequia Real de Moncada, about eight kilometres from the centre of Valencia and with its own Metrovalencia station (Line 1). Agricultural in origin, for almost a century it has hosted a colony of villas of the Valencian bourgeoisie on the gentle hills to the northwest.
It is the "Machado town": Antonio Machado lived in Villa Amparo between 1936 and 1938 and wrote his sonnets of the night of the bombing here. Today Rocafort is also the municipality with the highest average income in the province of Valencia: an exclusive, discreet residential setting where architectural quality matters more than novelty.
The ground alternates flat market gardens to the southeast and gentle hills to the northwest, no higher than ninety metres. On sloping plots, following the gradient gains views and privacy; on flat ones, the project turns to the relationship between house and garden. The mature trees are kept as a filter for shade and intimacy.
We do not propose ready-made imagery. Every project starts from a reading of the plot and of how its owners want to live, and is ordered through Rocafort’s planning —setbacks, heights, occupation— and its heritage catalogue, to reach permit and site without surprises.
What we resolve in Rocafort
We design the house from the plot: brief, orientation, light, circulation and materiality. A single idea holds each project, from concept and permit to the construction documents.
A careful study of the existing condition, a structural review and a proposal coherent with what is worth keeping. A full refurbishment demands the same rigour as new construction.
The interior is designed together with the architecture: joinery, bespoke furniture, lighting and materials are part of the same set of decisions.
We support the works to the built result: project and execution management, safety coordination and close collaboration with the builder. What is drawn well is built well.
We work with passive criteria and Passivhaus certification, renewable energy and rational decisions for a healthy and economically coherent architecture, with BIM methodology and permit and budget tracking.
How we work on every project
A structure of precision
Rubén Muedra Arquitectura is a studio founded in 2010, based in Valencia with a presence in Madrid, Ibiza and the Costa Blanca. Design, development, technical, visualisation, construction, structures and technology share a single working logic: turning talent into a common culture of precision.
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Before we start
Between 18 and 30 months from commission to handover: 8-12 months of design and permits, and 14-20 of construction.
Yes. We work regularly in Rocafort and know its planning (setbacks, heights, occupation) and the heritage catalogue affecting part of the centre and the residential areas. We verify it plot by plot.
Yes. The historic centre, the San Sebastián church with its cloister and some elements are listed. On nearby projects we care for scale, materials and the relationship with the protected setting.
Yes. Project management, execution management and safety coordination. Quality is decided as much on site as on the drawings.
Yes, with certified experience in passive criteria and Passivhaus, renewable energy and rational solutions for a healthy, efficient home.
Both. The full refurbishment of a villa in Rocafort demands the same rigour as new construction: study of the existing condition, structural review and a proposal coherent with what is worth keeping.
Let’s talk about your home in Rocafort
A first meeting, with no commitment, to understand your plot and your priorities. From there, we decide together how to approach the project.
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