House on the Cliff
This project is located in the south west of the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. The site, directly on the coast and stretching 500 metres inland, adjoins the existing property, which is already used by our clients as a holiday home consisting of a main house and annexes. Our brief was to build a retreat on the new site that would offer precisely those qualities that the existing house does not have. Our idea was to create a large pool that would also function as a roof, and to place it as close as possible to the sea – creating a mirroring expanse of water set into the rocky and sandy landscape. This extensive pool-scape, divided into areas of differing water qualities, actually touches the cliff at only four points. The narrow, elongated living area, free of supports and glazed all round, is cut out of the rock beneath. The back and front of this room, which follows the contours of the coast, are very different. The front, including the patio roughly hewn out of the rock, is open to the sea along its entire length. It stands for views, openness, wind and water. The back gives onto three atrium spaces also hewn out of the rock.
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