casa sabater descends a coastal hill in alicante
This new accomplished The houseknown as Casa Sabater, it was designed by Fran Silvestre Architects to step by step descend a grassy hill in Alicante, Spain. The origins of the challenge lie in its cautious integration with the surroundings. Departing from the standard, acquainted housing typology, the constructing unfolds with a transparent geometry formed by the panorama. This strategic departure, coupled with the constructing’s slender proportions, extends the house’s perimeter, giving rise to a collection of terraced courtyards that supply a singular dwelling expertise, proudly related to the outside.
photographs © Fernando Guerra
the home developed by fran silvestre
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designs his Casa Sabater to navigate the hillside and present timber on the positioning. Positioned in the midst of a backyard, the failed construction goals for a unitary dwelling expertise. The architects take inspiration from the terraces generally present in rural landscapes and form the home to adapt to the topography. This logic thus takes form as an combination system prepared for potential enlargement in keeping with the wants of the occupant.
The home is unfold over three flooring. The higher flooring, devoted to the evening space, gives panoramic sea views above the tree line. This flooring additionally supplies entry to the bottom flooring roof, turning it right into a belvedere overlooking the encircling panorama. Becoming a member of the storage and communal core, this degree introduces a shaded entry portico that maintains privateness from the road.
Casa Sabater unfolds as a collection of turns, breaking away from the acquainted kind of housing
balancing geometric and natural shapes
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos fashions his Casa Sabater with a definite geometry characterised by straight components related by a mild radius of curvature. The home is instantly recognizable by its contrasting formal logic. Its minimalist, white construction that blends into its environment in a stability between geometric and natural volumes. These strands are crossed by elongated ribbon home windows that observe the contours of the construction and supply an ideal body to the distant horizon with their exaggerated horizontality.
the elongated geometry creates terraced courtyards, connecting every inside area with the outside
divided over three flooring, the home fastidiously separates the areas to maximise the panoramic sea views
navigating across the present timber, the structure embraces the pure website