Studio Saxe

Sirena House

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

SIRENA HOUSE

Studio Saxe

ARCHITECTS
Studio Saxe

AREA
1000 m²

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Santa Teresa Beach, Costa Rica

YEAR
2020

BUILDER
Adrian y Alvarado Empresa Constructora

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Sotela Alfaro LTD

ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEER
DYNAMO Studio

LANDSCAPE DESIGN ARCHITECT
Vida Design Studio

INTERIOR DESIGN
Pauline Steenkamer Nosara Design

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

Overview.

Studio Saxe was commissioned to design a beachfront house in the beautiful town of Santa Teresa in Costa Rica.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

We decided to integrate the jungle experience into the house and also frame the views of the ocean whilst blending with nature.

CONCEPT:

Studio Saxe decomposed the mass of the building into a series of pavilions with overlapping roofs that create interesting circulation spaces between the volumes.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

By dematerializing the volumes, we integrated the home into its lush surroundings.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

DESIGN:

Studio Saxe used the decomposition of volumes to house the different programs of the project.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

Pavilions are divided into bedrooms, living spaces, service areas, and together they create a harmony that is weaved together through circulation of indoor/outdoor spaces.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

This in turn allows the inhabitant to experience the intense natural surrounding every time they have to move from one place to the other.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

SUSTAINABILITY:

The project was conceived as a decomposition of the volumes and this allowed for cross-ventilation due to the exposure of every space to at least 2 or 3 walls to the outside.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

The extended rooflines are carefully placed to protect from the sun and the rain through a process of bioclimatic design which analyzes the sun patterns, winds, and precipitation to create comfort without the use of energy.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

An array of sustainable systems such as rainwater catchment, water recycling systems, energy generation, and clever design makes this project a pioneer in sustainable tropical architecture that has passive design at its core.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner

CONSTRUCTION:

Studio Saxe was interested in creating the sensation of floating rooflines, thus a series of thin columns support the roof planes in a way that they seem as they are floating a combination of steel and wood construction with concrete foundations allowed for the lightness of space, and this bleeding of boundaries between the structure and the outside.

Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner


Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Sirena House
© Andres Garcia Lachner


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Studio Saxe
T +506 4030 6053
Studio Saxe
Av. 9, San José, Nunciatura, Costa Rica