House in Zahara. Alberto Campo Baeza
WHOLE PODIUM, ONLY PODIUM
TOUTE PODIUM, SEULEMENT PODIUM
After working on the design for a new house facing the sea, the Casa Van Thillo in Tarifa, Cadiz, for a long time, I now see clearly the solution of a PODIUM, ALL PODIUM, ONLY PODIUM. As if it were a jetty into the sea, so that, over there, on an emphatic horizontal plane, cleared and stripped down, it faces the distant horizon traced by the sea where the sun goes down.
If you had been with me at this truly beautiful site, with the Atlantic Ocean in front, you’d have had no doubt about what to do: establish a horizontal plane on high, made of sand, in order to go into raptures in front of the infinite sea.
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Nothing more and nothing less.
To do so, we built a large box, 20 meters in front and 12 meters deep with two
floors below this plane. On those two floors dug out of the solid rock are the
eight bedrooms that open on the sides, each one with its own bath. Six below
and two above. And the corresponding living spaces: on the first floor, the
main living room with the dining room and kitchen that open onto a large
porch. Both floors are connected by a staircase and a large mobile platform
that also reaches the rooftop.
ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA
