The design by Pepe Giner Arquitectos, for this television-themed home, the CTZ2, is located on a plot with a steep slope facing the island of Portixol and Punta del Cap Negre, a privileged, and very beautiful, enclave on the Costa Blanca.
The greatest difficulty of the CTZ2 home design was to adapt to the plot geometry and locate the daytime area of the program and the pool on the same level, to facilitate the use of the southern orientation, which coincides with the best views of the Mediterranean.
“The house is conceived as a set of sinuous platforms that slide between each other, adapting to the escaping orography. These platforms, cut out against the privileged landscape, seem to levitate. On each of the floors of the house, the terraces border the glass envelope to blur the boundaries between exterior and interior spaces.”
Pepe Giner.
On the ground floor of the house, the platform widens and gives way to a large terrace that narrows at the ends, adapting to the surrounding conditions. Meanwhile, the terrace houses a Mediterranean garden conceived as a continuation of the architecture of the house, which visually blends with the horizon through a winding pool.
The double-height space that is found as soon as you enter the house is organized through a sculptural staircase of black Marquina marble, which takes us to the upper floor, where the three bedrooms of the house are located, each with its corresponding terrace overlooking the sea.
“The cypresses are projected as another architectural element and are arranged so that they cross the perforations of the platforms, highlighting the horizontality of the house.”
Pepe Giner.
The project seeks to reflect the unique environment of La Marina, and also project an avant-garde vision. The structure that supports the horizontal elements is resolved by means of dry masonry walls, which are anchored and contain the terrain, and through slender metal pillars a duality is generated in the load-bearing elements that contrasts with the solidity of the platforms that shape the levels of the house.
“The rugged topography means that what at first seems like a disadvantage ends up decisively marking the architectural morphology of the project.”
Pepe Giner.
