Residential · Costa Brava, Spain · Concept Study
Casa Horizonte
Private villa, 4 bedrooms, ~320 m²
Design Question
How does a house feel luxurious without competing with the view?
Site & Context
The site sits where the coastline abruptly turns to rock, a sloping topography that looks down on the sea. That change in level became a starting point for the design: instead of framing the view through a window, the house opens its rooms toward it. The sun also moves across the plot through the day, low from the east in the morning and straight onto the façade in the afternoon, so the rough plaster surfaces show a different texture at every hour.
Coastal interiors often push the landscape into the background with too much furniture, detail and show. Casa Horizonte does the opposite. Its sense of luxury comes from material quality and spatial calm, and every object and surface has a reason to be there. What is absent is a deliberate pause.
Materials & Palette
The palette is limited to four materials: rough plaster, light oak, raw linen and local limestone. Plaster softens the light, oak adds warmth, linen brings tactile comfort and limestone gives floors and surfaces continuity. Brass is the only metal, used sparingly.
Design Intent
Casa Horizonte was designed to step back rather than show off. The success of the house is measured by how little it stands in front of the view.
