The Casa Madrigal (mainly referred to as Casita) is a location from Disney' animated feature film, Encanto. It is the residence of the Madrigal family, along with the magical gifts each of them (with the exception of Mirabel) possess. The house was given to them by the candle itself. The building is also sentient, practically making it a character in the film.
Personality-wise, the Casita is described to be "little bit more opinionated and flawed like a family. It is a house that plays favorites, "a house that messes with people", and its personality "aligns with the feelings of the family Madrigal", such as being happy if the family is happy, or the house's walls beginning to crack if there's discord among them.
Description[]
The Casa Madrigal is a three-story building situated in the Colombian mountains, arranged in a square that encircles the ceiling less courtyard in the center. There are many small balconies located on the outside walls and the roof of the house is Spanish roof tiles. Adjacent to the courtyard, there are two staircases connecting the ground floor with the second floor, in one of the staircase is
The ground floor consists of the recreational rooms, such as the kitchen and dining room. The second floor is basically one long balcony that overlooks the courtyard and it's where all of the bedrooms are located. Each bedroom door depicts its inhabitant using their respective gift carved into the wood, and they emit a golden glow that illuminates the image. The bedroom doors also have the inhabitants first initial carved on the doorknob.
Due to the magical nature of the Casita, the bedrooms are bigger on the inside than they are on the outside, and the nature of the inside of each bedroom corresponds to and acts as extensions of its inhabitant's gift: Isabela's bedroom is a garden in the likeness of a princess' palace bedroom, and Antonio's bedroom is a jungle filled with all kinds of animals for him to converse with. Among the bedrooms, there is a nursery where the children under the age of five reside before they get their own room during their birthday/gift ceremony, and the nursery functions as Mirabel's bedroom as well.
The third floor consists of Bruno's tower and Alma's room with an a open window that displays the magic candle.
Although not shown, Casita only has one bathroom.[1]
Casita is able to freely manipulate itself and all the furniture inside it; it can open and close its own doors, windows, drawers and cabinets, move and flip the tiles and planks that make up its floors, and it can even decorate itself.
Generally, the Casita is kind and very helpful towards the family, using its ability to rearrange its features to suit the family's needs or aid them their daily routines. Casita also has power to do things in the magical rooms, though that power can be cut off if a gifted family member is emotionally disconnected from the family (like Bruno's Tower, which later was restored to being a part of Casita when Bruno returns).
Rooms[]
On the night of a Madrigal child's fifth birthday, they are blessed with a magical gift, and with that gift comes a new permanent room as they leave the nursery. The room is magically created after the child gets their gift, and the room is usually unique to the child and their abilities. The size of the room is normally much bigger than what would be expected to fit inside of the Casita.
Jared Bush confirms that the interior of the rooms, as well as the exterior (the doors), change as the occupants change.[2]
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A magenta-framed door depicting a smiling Alma with her eyes closed, holding the candle and with a butterfly at the bottom. Unlike the other doors, Alma's door top is longer and a different style. | Alma's room Is never directly shown in the film. However, Alma's room is a direct copy of the room in the house she lived in with Pedro.[3] | |
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A teal-framed door depicting a smiling Julieta with her eyes closed, holding a mortar and pestle in each hand and surrounded by a variety of herbs. | ||
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A yellow-framed door depicting a smiling Pepa with a sun above and behind her, thunderstorm clouds in the middle and also behind her, and normal clouds at the bottom and in front of her. | ||
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A green-framed door depicting a frowning Bruno with eyes ingrained on both of his open palms, while being surrounded by swirls and sparkles with an hourglass in the middle of him, along with two smaller ones below. | Bruno's room has a simple entry way, and at the end of the entryway is an hourglass shaped doorway and slightly past that is a curtain of sand. Past the curtain of sand, there is a mound of sand. At the bottom of the mound of sand, there's a sign in the shape of a hand pointing a finger upwards that reads "your future awaits" and there is a long staircase that leads upwards. Bruno's room resembles a tower. The entryway of Bruno's vision cave is a hallway filled with sand and sand gourds that are shown to be strewn about. Bruno's vision cave itself is closed off by a massive circular door, similar to the door of a bank vault. The vision cave itself is a big open space with intricate patterns on the walls and on the floor. The center of the floor of the vision cave is shown to be covered in sand. | |
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A periwinkle-framed door depicting a smiling Isabela with her eyes closed, surrounded and covered with various flowers. | Isabela's room is covered in roses in different hues of pink and purple, as evidenced by the walls and furniture. Multiple flower vases and flower bushes and trees are located in her room. There are steps that lead to a hanging bed supported by vines. There are also four big curtains surrounding her bed. Behind her bed and curtains, it leads to an open flower bed-like place with a floral pattern surrounded by four arches on each side. Further down, 6 topiaries shaped like Isabela can be found.
During "What Else Can I Do?", when Isabela starts growing a variety of different plants in her room, the color scheme gradually changes from pink and purple shades to bolder colors such as green, blue, yellow and red. |
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Dolores's door depicts her as a young adult, and she's cupping her ears with both hands and surrounded by sound waves. Her door also depicts her with her eyes open and not smiling but her lips are close but a small hole is there between the lips. It shows a curious face-like. The door frame is colored red. | Dolores room was never shown, but Jared Bush confirms that there is some sort of sound-proofing in her room.[4] | |
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Luisa is depicted as a young adult on her door, smiling, with her eyes closed lifting a dumbbell. There are also dumbbells tilted to the side on both sides of Luisa. The door frame is colored blue. | Luisa's room was never shown in the film, but in the junior novel "Disney Encanto: A Tale of Three Sisters", Luisa describes her room as having a series of weights and pulleys as well as a shower to wash up. | |
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Camilo's door, like everyone else's, depicts him with his eyes closed and with a smile on his face. The image of him is a bolder color, and he is depicted with his ruana on as well as the chameleon pattern. Behind Camilo are two faint silhouettes, one of a woman, and behind that, one of a man, to represent his shapeshifting abilities. The door frame is colored a yellowish orange. | Camilo's room is not shown, but Jared Bush confirms that they had an idea for Camilo's room to be a fun house of mirrors so he can practice his shapeshifting. | |
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The nursery door is not like the other doors, as it is simply a normal turquoise-colored door with a turquoise door frame. | The nursery has green wallpaper, with a butterfly pattern as well as every letter of the alphabet. On Mirabel's side of the room, there's a wardrobe, drawings on the wall and a map of Colombia, a desk that she keeps a sewing machine on top of, a green wardrobe and her bed. There is also a bookshelf with small plants on it. The room is not magical, and there is no particular image on the door. | |
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Antonio is depicted as a child on his door and he has his eyes closed and he is smiling. He has two parrots above his head, a toucan resting on his right arm, a snake beneath him with another toucan resting on the snake's tail, a jaguar beneath the snake, and a capybara to the left of the jaguar. The door frame is colored orange. | Antonio's room is one of the few rooms shown in the movie. When Antonio gets his gift, his room is magically created and resembles a rainforest. He has a large treehouse with steps made out of rocks, there are lights, vines, A slide, a rope bridge, and a waterfall. Antonio also sleeps in a hammock. Antonio's room was inspired by Chocó rainforest. |
History[]
The Casa Madrigal is a magical house created by the magic candle owned by Alma Madrigal and after the death of her husband, Pedro, who was killed by soldiers after they conquered their previous village.
Through the candle, it gives each member of the family a magical gift on their fifth birthday. While it seems Mirabel was the only exception to the rule, as the door to what should have been her special room had disappeared when she turned five, it might be possible that the Casa Madrigal knew what it was doing, as Mirabel showed no hard feelings to what happened and has "conversations" with the house whenever they are working together for something special, and when the house and its magic seemed to be fading—and everyone's gifts with it—Mirabel seems to be the only one who has what it takes to fix it, as she does not need powers to look for the real problem and find a solution.
Later, when the Casa Madrigal begins to lose its magic, more cracks and debris begin appearing, forcing the Madrigals (including Antonio's pet animals) to flee the house in panic, and as many cracks start appearing in the house, Casa Madrigal eventually collapsed, leaving the Madrigals homeless. Mirabel talks to Abuela at the river where Pedro died before the Casa Madrigal was created, claiming it was her fault in causing the house to lose its magic. The next day after reconciling, Mirabel and the rest of the Madrigal family members (including Bruno) work together in rebuilding the house and after rebuilding the Casa Madrigal, the magic returns back to Encanto after Mirabel adds the doorknob to the front door of the Casa Madrigal, bringing magic back to the land of Encanto and the Madrigal family members rejoice with each other in joy and enthusiasm.
Trivia[]
- Though Casita can freely manipulate itself and its internal features, it has never been seen changing its overall structure, nor has the building ever moved from its location.
- Jared Bush has confirmed that the Madrigals do not have their own bathrooms in their rooms, but they all share a bathroom.
- Though Casita also can do things in the magical bedrooms, it has never been shown as they didn't really pay attention on it.
- In the movie, only the nursery/Mirabel's room, Bruno's room, Antonio's room, Isabela's room, a bit of Pepa's room and technically, Alma's room have been shown.
- Dolores and Bruno's doors are the only doors which have as their eyes opened.
- Unlike the others who have their names on their doors, Alma's door says "Abuela". In fact, her door previously said "Alma", but it changed to "Abuela" after her grandchildren were born.[5]
- The design of Bruno's room is based off of the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá.[6]
Gallery[]
References[]
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