Wave House

LSD Architects

ARCHITECTS
LSD Architects

LEAD ARCHITECT
Rodolfo Tinocco, Luis Mauricio Solís

MANUFACTURERS
Helvex, Mobilinea

TEAM
Adrian Guevara

WINDOWS
Grupo 5

PARTNER ARCHITECT
Rodolfo Tinocco, Luis Mauricio Solís

CONTRACTOR
OSB Constructora

CONSTRUCTION
LSD Arquitects

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
S3 Ingenieria Estructural y Electromecanica

SWIMMING POOL
Bio-tile acabado piscina

ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Cristian Jiménez

PHOTOGRAPHS
Andres Garcia Lachner

AREA
900 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Tamarindo, Costa Rica

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by the architects.

Placed on a small terrace in the mountains of Playa Tamarindo with amazing ocean views, we found Wave House.

It was conceptualized as an elongated structure, positioned on an existent terrace, with two main volumes separated by an open but covered terrace, dividing Social from Private areas.

The house was designed on multiple levels for better use of the existing terrace and sloped areas around it.

Four independent and very particular roofs, overlap on top of the social and private areas, unifying the program of the house and bringing a lot of light in between the roof, creating a unique space for the social areas.

Steel columns support the roofs with just a few lower walls, creating very big openings to the views and bringing a lot of natural light into the spaces and the elongated shape of the house improves natural cross ventilation throughout the house.

This house was created with the intention of increasing the interaction of the interior and exterior space so that the user can truly experience life in the tropics.