House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
25/07/2013.
[VIDEO] by Alfonso Calza. [Alicante] Spain
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A dialogue between landscape and building, nature and artifice. The house and the mountain interact, both looking at the sea and the sea looks at them. Architecture studio by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos completed this house in Alicante, facing to Mediterranean, East of Spain
Casa en un acantilado por Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Fotografía por Diego Opazo
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo. Click above to see larger image.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo. Click above to see larger image.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo. Click above to see larger image.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo. Click above to see larger image.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo
Interior view, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Interior view, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Interior view, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
Interior view, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
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First floor +10.70, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Second floor +13.52, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Cover +16.65, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Sections, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Elevations, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Detalle constructivo, Casa en un acantilado por Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Construction detail, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Construction detail, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Sketch, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Model, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Model, House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Construction, House on the cliff. Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Construction, House on the cliff. Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Construction, House on the cliff. Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
House on the cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos . Photography © Diego Opazo.
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos was commissioned to design this house. A white abstraction in the middle of nature, between the mountains, facing the sea and whose views are overwhelming for their spectacularity.
Project Synopsis by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
We like the virtue of architecture which makes it possible to construct a house on air, walk on water...
An abrupt plot of land overlooking the sea, where what is best is to do nothing. It invites you to stay.
A piece that respects the land's natural contour is set in it.
Above, a shadow, the house itself, looking calmly at the Mediterranean.
Under the sun, the swimming pool brings us closer to the sea, it becomes a quiet cove.
In the inflexion point, the stairway proposes an evocative path, a garden in the basement...
Due to the steepness of the plot and the desire to contain the house in just one level, a three-dimensional structure of reinforced concrete slabs and screens adapting to the plot's topography was chosen, thus minimizing the earthwork. This monolithic, stone-anchored structure generates a horizontal platform from the accessing level, where the house itself is located. The swimming pool is placed on a lower level, on an already flat area of the site. The concrete structure is insulated from the outside and then covered by a flexible and smooth white lime stucco. The rest of the materials, walls, pavements, and the gravel on the roof... all maintain the same colour, respecting the traditional architecture of the area, emphasizing it and simultaneously underlining the unity of the house.
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Architects
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Lead architects.- Fran Silvestre and María José Sáez.
Project team
Jordi Martínez, Maria Masià, Adrián Mora, José V. Miguel.
Collaborators Colaboradores
David Gallardo (STtructural engineer); Vicente Ramos, Esperanza Corrales, Javier Delgado (Building engineer); ALFARO HOFMANN (Interior Design).
Area
Site area.- 962.84 m².
Built area.- 242,00 m².
Built area.- 242,00 m².
Dates
2013
Location
Toix Mascarat. Calpe. Alicante.
Budget
€650,000
Photography
Diego Opazo.
FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is a studio based in Valencia made up a multidisciplinary group of architects founded in 2005 by architect Fran Silvestre. Fran Silvestre (born 5 July 1976) is a Spanish architect. After having graduated in Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia in 2001, he specialized in urban planning at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven a year later. Then, he won a scholarship to work at the studio of the Pritzker Prize architect from Portugal, Alvaro Siza, which is located in Oporto, and have ever since undertaken projects in cooperation with him. He is also dedicated to teach as professor at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia since 2006, and the Universidad Europea since 2009.
Influenced by the above mentioned architect, Alvaro Siza, or the sculptor Andreu Alfaro, among others, the studio realizes series of projects that take into account factors such as, modulation, serialization or light. Thus, giving rise to buildings of high purity, using constant innovative materials and technologies. Since its foundation, it has focused on the developement and implementation of small-scale projects, for instance, The Atrium House (2009) or the House at the mountainside of a Castle (2010). It also carries out multidisciplinary work while designing objects like the Alis chair, collaborating with other studios such as Alfaro Hofmann, which is dedicated to interior design.
