YANSHENG HOUSE
In a privileged and unique location, this house was designed for a client of Chinese origin. In a rigid lot and context we take the Yansheng Coin as the generating element of the concept.
The house became its own wall so as not to have a perimeter wall and to be fully exposed to the environment, however its shape, gardens, materials and spatial qualities make this house an open building in perfect dialogue with the city.
Lot Area: 1.020 m² / 10.975 sqft
Location: Palm Beach, Aruba
MILESTONE HOUSE
On this lot with two existing cottages, extreme topography and tight spaces, the client requested a new cottage.
The proposal based on the client's requirements, is designed in harmony with the levels and the function, resulting in an accessible house with different spaces and amenities with, without a doubt, one of the best views of the island.
This new project represents a milestone in the architecture of homes in Curacao, a harmonious game of design and engineering.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 764 m² / 8.220 sqft
Location: Coral Cliff, Curaçao
YU HOUSE
In the search for a different architecture to be seen on the Island of Aruba, this client asks us for something different but without losing the elegance of the straight lines and the noble materials to use.
The orientation of the lot according to the sun and the wind gave us unique guidelines to develop this house with numerous areas that could present a very heavy aspect.
However, complying with the required spaces, the treatment of the facades, lines, materials and the bioclimatic factor allowed us to achieve a design where the fluidity of light and lightness is unique and pleasant.
Lot Area: 1.020 m² / 10.975 sqft
TERRACE HOUSE
The view, sun and wind were the factors that shaped this small and cozy home over a softly hill.
The need to live more outdoors, client main requirement, gave us a simple concept of inverting the usual spaces and functions of the house.
Bioclimatic architecture did its best work.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 892 m² / 9.598 sqft
SANDSTONE HOUSE
Between volumes that play in different gardens, stands this house that takes and reinterprets some Mediterranean elements.
Its privacy and security gives the opportunity to flow into its internal spaces, highlighting its elegance and lightness.
It is very important to mention that a bioclimatic design provides a unique thermal comfort on the island.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 1.432 m² / 15.408 sqft
Location: Piscadera, Curaçao
VBM HOUSE
The hills of Hoffi Abou is the perfect setting for this house, designed to enjoy its beautiful views from any space in the house.
The pureness of its lines, and the character of it, maintains a perfect contrast with the native landscape of Curacao.
The name chosen by the owners, Villa Bista di Mondi, it's the perfect name for the essence and concept of this house.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 1.690 m² / 18.184 sqft
Location: Hoffi Abou, Curaçao
HOUSE L854
On a lot with an irregular slope, we find enough space to create a basement level for parking and services, leaving a free canvas for a home and pool with a characteristic American style.
Lot Area: 736 m² / 7.919 sqft
VILLA 29
With one of the best views of Villa Park Fontein, this lot with a very steep slope, manages to maintain the tropical look required by the condominium regulations but with the fresh and modern air required by the client.
Knowing how to handle all these variables on the design table flowed into this final product.
Lot Area: 711 m² / 7.650 sqft
HOUSE D67
With a spectacular view of Bullenbaai and on a plot with a notable slope, this house is divided into three main bodies to adapt to the topography without sacrificing the view it offers.
The bioclimatic disadvantage that the lot presents is used in favor of the building, integrating itself into the context in a unique way.
The different terraces and their levels of privacy are the protagonists of the house.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 869 m² / 9.350 sqft
PGN VACATION HOUSE
In a rugged lot but with a formidable view, a very particular Canadian clients like the lot itself, bring us a drawing about their "ideal" vacation home they want to have.
After a successful analysis with our advices and observations, we propose a simple and new "wonderful design", as the clients expressed, that adapts perfectly to their physical needs, principles of vedic architecture and lifestyle governed by their astrological beliefs; in addition to being in perfect communication with the surroundings and culture of the island.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 1.470 m² / 15.817 sqft
Location: Coral Cliff, Curaçao
WHITE HOUSE
In an elevated lot with a constant breeze, this house is designed with a contemporary style and totally white at the request of the client. The arrangement of the different areas and the guest house are reflected in the volumes and textures giving it clear and elegant lines.
The fluidity of the breezes in all the spaces is unique.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 880 m² / 9.469 sqft
Location: Subu, Curacao
NATURE APARTMENTS
On a family farm, the client wants a new life connected with nature. On the ground floor an apartment with one bedroom and a small private garden is conceived in a standard layout.
The first floor is the place where a terrace with different spaces embraces the bedrooms, thus becoming a terrace with two bedrooms. As expected, we turned the fifth façade into a social terrace with one of the best views. The game of skins and volumes was used bioclimatic resource due to the orientation of the building.
Lot Area: 373 m² / 4.013 sqft
Location: Santa Catharina, Curaçao
PIER HOUSE
Lot Area: 747 m² / 8.037 sqft
Location: Pos Chiquito, Aruba
HOUSE A12
On a corner lot with a main road that gives a lot of background noise pollution, this family home is a challenge.
It is proposed that the same building will act as an acoustic mattress together with the vegetation of the landscape design, locating the bedrooms spaces away from the acoustic pollution and the open social spaces as filters. Its heights, shapes and spatial quality of each area are unique and with a perfect integration to the environment and bioclimatic response.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 795 m² / 8.554 sqft
Location: Harmonie, Curaçao
PAPAYA 23 HOUSE
In a lot with a formidable orientation and location, the fluidity when designing this house was unique.
The clarity of its uses through the volumes joined by a third articulating volume and three garden strips make together a dwelling defined in its lines and spatiality.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 618 m² / 6.650 sqft
Location: Papaya, Aruba
OCEAN HILL APARTMENTS
In a small lot located on a corner, ten studio apartments are proposed for AIRBNB. The aim is to optimize the greatest use of spaces and amenities.
The orientation of the lot together with the function of the building was decisive in the bioclimatic proposal.
Project: Residential
Lot Area: 600 m² / 6.456 sqft
Location: Malmok, Aruba
RACHEL HOUSE
Concept of two strips that are developed along the entire rectangular land, with the "garden strip" being the main protagonist over which the spaces of the "house strip" open up.
Two spaces, full and empty but the same function is clearly the concept. Yin and Yang as a concept for a home. Balance as a meeting point.
Project: Residential
Construction Area: 195 m² / 2.098 sqft
Location: Yantian, Shenzhen, China
MYNA RESIDENCES
Residential building of four levels and five apartments type of different areas and characteristics as response of the building and its location to the context and the bioclimatic factor.
Project: Residential Building
Construction Area: 420 m² / 4.519 sqft
Location: Maracaibo, Venezuela