Carving

Inspired by marble quarries, this project carves a rocky landscape in order to create spaces for inhabitation. It differs from conventional design strategies since it relies on subtractive processes rather than an additive ones.

This project is also been inspired by the work of Eduardo Chillida.

The carving process results in organic plans that are reminicent of Chillida's lithographies.

The subtractive process sometimes punctuates the ceilings, creating large sculptural skylights. These are carefully possitioned so that the sunlight bounces off the white walls into the interiors. This lyrical strategy has also been used by Chillida in his largest sculptural work, the Tindaya mountain project.

Plans

Living room - Kitchen

In the living room, the carving process continues at a more intimate scale, creating a built-in sofa, a storage niche and a fire place. The fire place opens all the way through, thus creating a visual connection with the dining table. The fire is visible from both the living room and the dinning room.

The kitchen and the dinning area are the heart of the home, located between the living room and the kids hang out area. The kitchen is behind the dinning table. It is carved a few steps higher, providing uninterupted views of the horizon form the cooking areas. The elevated kitchen is playful and enjoys a practical relationship with the table. A skylight over the kitchen counter allows the natural light to bounce down on the walls.

The carving process extends to the exterior spaces where the functions of the interior spaces are mirrored extending the areas of inhabitation outwards.

The exterior retaining walls provide privacy between the rooms of the house and hide the inhabited areas from the neighbors.