OCEAN EYE
Benjamin Garcia Saxe
ARCHITECTS
Benjamin Garcia Saxe
DESIGN TEAM
Cesar Coto, Rogelio Quesada, Alejandro Gonzalez, Maribel Mora
MANUFACTURERS
Fercosta, TEAKO
CONSTRUCTOR
Dante Medri, Adrian Alvarado
ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Electrotec S.A
COORDINATOR
Laura Morelli
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Sotela Alfaro LTD
GENERAL DESIGN
Benjamin Garcia Saxe
PHOTOGRAPHS
Andres Garcia Lachner
AREA
300 m²
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Santa Teresa Beach, Costa Rica
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
The Holdener family bought a beautiful property with two breath-taking views: towards the ocean and into the jungle.
We decided to rest the house against the back of the steep hill of the site in order to stabilize the soil and protect the house from falling debris.
The house then transitions from a more solid and intimate construction at the back that holds bedrooms and bathrooms, towards a light-weight and ephemeral structure that points to the visual collapse of the ocean and jungle views.
The result is a series of interwoven terraces that relate to each other in all dimensions creating not only an internal dynamic interaction between levels, but also varied and sometimes unexpected relationships between the inhabitants and the natural landscape.
In these interstitial terrace spaces, which are never truly inside or out, architecture comes to foster the relationship, enjoyment, and appreciation of the natural world by the inhabitants.
