Architecture and Design: House on the Cliff / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

HOUSE ON THE CLIFF
CALPE, ALICANTE.

We like the virtue of architecture which makes possible constructing a house on air,
walking on water...

An abrupt plot of land overlooking the sea, where what is best is to do nothing. It invites
to stay.

A piece that respects the land's natural contour is set in it.

Above, a shadow, the house itself, looking calmly at the Mediterranean.

Under the sun, the swimming-pool brings us closer to the sea, it becomes a quiet cove.

In the inflection point, the stairway proposes a evocative path, a garden in the
basement...

Due to the steepness of the plot and the desire to contain the house in just one level, a
three-dimensional structure of reinforced concrete slabs and screens adapting to the
plot's topography was chosen, thus minimizing the earthwork. This monolithic, stone-
anchored structure generates a horizontal platform from the accessing level, where the
house itself is located. The swimming-pool is placed on a lower level, on an already flat
area of the site. The concrete structure is insulated from the outside and then covered
by a flexible and smooth white lime stucco. The rest of materials, walls, pavements, the
gravel on the roof... all maintain the same colour, respecting the traditional architecture

of the area, emphasizing it and simultaneously underlining the unity of the house.

HOUSE ON CLIFFSIDE.

CALPE, ALICANTE.

ARCHITECTURE FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS

PROJECT TEAM Fran Silvestre | Principal in charge
María José Sáez | Principal in charge

Maria Masià | Collaborator Architect
Adrián Mora | Collaborator Architect
Jordi Martínez | Collaborator Architect
José V. Miguel | Collaborator Architect

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER David Gallardo | UPV

BUILDING ENGINEER Vicente Ramos
Esperanza Corrales
Javier Delgado

INTERIOR DESIGN ALFARO HOFMANN

FOTOGRAPHY Diego Opazo

VIDEO Alfonso Calza

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION Adrián Mora | Architect

COLLABORATORS Fran Ayala | Arquitecto
Ángel Fito | Arquitecto

CONTRACTOR Construcciones Alabort

LOCATION Toix Mascarat. Calpe. Alicante

SITE AREA 962,84 m2
BUILT AREA 242,00 m2

COST (P.E.M.) 650.000 euros

BUILDING SERVICES Sanitaryware Toilet and bidet | Arquitect Suspendido, Noken. (Grupo Porcelanosa)
Wash-basins | Arquitect Suspendido, Noken(Grupo Porcelanosa)
Sanitary Fittings | Lounge, Noken. (Grupo Porcelanosa)
Lighting | Fluorescent linear lights.
Light Fittings | LS 990 Series, Jung
Conditioning | Heating and cooling ceiling system

FINISHES Paving Interiors | Polished Thassos white L’Antic Colonial (Grupo Porcelanosa)
Exteriors | Sandblasted Blanco Almería marble slabs, L’Antic Colonial (Grupo Porcelanosa)

Surfaces Interiors | Plasterwork
White coated MDF panels RAL 9016
Bathrooms | KRION, SYSTEMPOOL (Grupo Porcelanosa)
Exteriors | Thermal insulation + white external render (Sate Vipal / Parex)

Suspended ceiling Smooth plasterboard panels
Paint Walls and ceiling | Matt plastic paint RAL 9016

METALWORK&LOCKSMITHING Interior Internal and cupboard doors | White lacquered MDF RAL 9016
Exterior Natural finish anodized aluminium (Vitrocsa)
Glazing Clear toughened double-glazed unit (8+10+8)
(Vitrocsa)
Locksmithing White lacquered steel RAL 9016
Laminated tempered glass, 10+10.4

EQUIPMENTS Kitchen Model G-480, Gamadecor (Studio2) (Grupo Porcelanosa).
Kitchen counter | SYSTEMPOOL (Grupo Porcelanosa)