Designed by LSD Architects, This is a residential complex of 2 houses developed in a beautiful beachfront property in a very exclusive area of the Peninsula de Nicoya. Both houses sit in a very open terrace with gentle topography, surrounded by trees overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the white sandy beach of Playa Hermosa.
Each house was designed for users to experience the tropical weather and beautiful nature, and every single space of both houses has a great relationship with the exterior, bringing in the natural light to all the interior areas and looking for cross ventilation using the sea breeze year around.
Around 65% of the interior areas are covered by green roofs reducing the footprint of the project in this protected environment.
‘Casa Sare’, sits in the flattest area of the property and very close to the beach, emulating a ‘V’ shape that separates the private area from social areas with an exterior terrace that communicates all the spaces. An operable Louvers system let the interior corridor open the space in between bedrooms and the exterior terrace, giving the opportunity the bedrooms to open their views to the ocean. Once this Louver system is open, Interior gardens allocated in between the bedrooms, social and services areas, open channels for the wind to flow all around the interior areas reducing the temperature and giving more comfort to the house.
Casa Caracali is allocated in a higher area of the property, over a gentle topography, looking for the best views. Every room of this house has big slider doors systems that open towards the Ocean and the beach.
The social area sits at the back with the higher level of the house and bedrooms overlap towards the beach and step down the levels as they get closer to the beach following the existent topography.
Materials and finishes for this project were selected to reduce maintenance because of the proximity to the ocean and the tropical elements. It was also important for the design to bled both structures into nature and reduce the visual impact from the beach and the air.
photography by © Fernando Alda
Project Info:
Architects: LSD Architects
Location: Playa Hermosa Cóbano, Costa Rica
Lead Architects: Luis Mauricio Solís, Rodolfo Tinoco
Area: 8072.93 ft2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Fernando Alda
Project Name: Sare House and Caracali House
