Ramón Esteve's proposal will employ Mediterranean-style architecture, playing with arches and their proportions, and bringing dynamism and plasticity to the façade.
The perimeter porticos of the house project the interior program towards the exterior, allowing the landscape to be integrated into the daytime spaces and creating a spatial fluidity where the sea is the protagonist. Given its location, Casa Riurau has been conceived as a Mediterranean refuge where you can admire and enjoy the sea and its landscape.
Thanks to the colorimetry of the interior, a dialogue will be produced between the landscape and the materials. The interior elements, such as light woods or white and neutral tones, generate a warm atmosphere that contrasts with the serenity of the exterior elements.
Rendering. Riurau House by Ramón Esteve.
Project description by Ramón Esteve
The Riurau House is located on a hill in a Mediterranean forest, on a plot that rises above the sea, with the horizon as a backdrop. It is a small terraced house that adapts its volume to the existing slope to avoid major modifications to the original terrain.
The project is an exercise in conceptualization and abstraction of the original riurau of the Marina Alta, a traditional construction system based on the creation of open arches that allow air circulation and protect from the sun and rain.
Sculptural design and mediterranean essence
The result is a poetic and sculptural piece that generates a dreamlike and timeless atmosphere thanks to the repetition of a sequence of arches that play with their proportions, both horizontally and vertically. The positive-negative contrast of the arches provides plasticity and dynamism to the façade. The project combines an architecture with a marked Mediterranean character with attention to detail and the sophistication of the interior.
Dialogue between materials and landscape
The house expands its proportions through the arrangement of perimeter porticos, which project the interior program onto the exterior. The spatial fluidity in the daytime rooms allows the sea to be integrated into the house, becoming its main protagonist.
A dialogue between materials and landscape is produced thanks to the luminosity of the chosen palette. The austerity of the exterior elements contrasts with the richness of the interiors, where light woods, neutral tones and white predominate, generating an atmosphere of serenity and warmth. Splashes of darker tones are added that provide sobriety and elegance, through the use of caramel oak wood, brushed champagne-coloured metals and smoked glass in a subtle golden hue.
A mediterranean refuge
Casa Riurau is conceived as a refuge where you can admire and enjoy the Mediterranean.
