Alicante Waterfront Residence, Mediterranean Property, Spanish Seaview House
House on the Cliff : Casa del Acantilado Alicante
Contemporary Residence in southern Spain – design by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
page updated 10 Jul 2017 ; 19 Nov 2012
Casa del Acantilado
House on the Cliff
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location: Calpe, Alicante

photograph : Diego Opazo
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.

photograph : Diego Opazo
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…

photographs : Diego Opazo
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 ins...