DOM3 Prize 2016 -International Competition :(Finalist)

RESIDENTIAL TOURIST COMPLEX IN SANTA CLARA (MARBELLA )  

SCULPTING  THE VACUUM TO MAKE IT PRESENT!

Analysing  the site ,the best views are in Southeast –Southwest arc, but the terrain  has little south facing, so we opted for an angled organization along  the longitudinal axis so as to provide the best sunlight  conditions and best views for the maximum amount houses and apartments

the vacuum in slopes have  a latent spatial directionality, a directionality which also coincides with the best visual all around , these slopes  seem to invite us to accompany them to play accordingly ..

Our strategy: to design the building masses in order to emphasize this perceived spatiality in place, set up a sequence of spaces at different scales, generating a gradation from the habitable interior space to the great void of the golf course.

Following this spatial intention , we worked  the idea of “duplex” creating an intermediate double-height space, as an open exterior room , but also interior, with many balconies in it  … architecture and environment interpenetrating  to each other … vacuum flows

This idea of continuity extends to  basements, they are linked through an “English courtyard” which opens basements to the natural light and becomes part of the intermediate vacuum

Given the strong  slopes of the terrain that makes  quite  difficult vehicular  circulation , we proposed  a circulation by perimeter  at the foot of the slopes  and set up the parking area in basements

In some  way , topography  has been “distilled”, with some earthworks, in order to collaborate in the creation of “exterior open rooms ” and create  stunning  visuals in a dynamic  space , make them viable for safely  activities  and  stabilize slopes

In short: sculpting  the vacuum to make it vibrate  , to make it present!