beach house
location: cerro colorado, cañete, peru
client: private
design team: s. barclay – j.p. crousse
project team: s. cillóniz
built surface: 346 m2
completion 2011
photographers: e. ramirez, g. cáceres
The house is located on Cerro Colorado, a beach surrounded by a magnificent rocky hill. An enclosure is established as the project founding statement, occupying the maximum height, length, and width allowed by local regulations, thus establishing a prism that is excavated to create the living space, a large horizontal area for everyday life. In the mild climate of the coast, open-air spaces are defined by opacities and transparencies to create the impression of a space that is larger than its actual size. This “space expansion” preserves the intimacy of the habitants, modulating the amplitude to the diversity of use.
