costa rica meets czech structure
Czech structure studio Formafatal takes to the jungle shoreline of Costa Rica with a pair of ‘Achioté’ villas. Rising from the timber over Playa Hermosa, the light-weight buildings every take form with a development of rammed earth, utilizing clay soil that had been excavated from the location. The distant vacation houses, every with a compact footprint of simply ninety sq. meters, mission out from the sloping panorama and seem to levitate among the many timber.
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‘My intention was to design sustainable homes with biophilic interiors, which can be sophisticatedly thought-up and on the identical time their shaping can be strongly minimalist and easy,’ feedback lead architect Dagmar Štěpánová at Formafatal, describing the Achioté Villas.
‘No pointless additional aspect, but additionally nothing to overlook. The structure of villas is deliberate with its skinny and sharp traces in distinction to lush tropical vegetation, however the chosen supplies and colours are completely coinciding with the environment.’
achioté villas: distinctive however united
Whereas the design of each Achioté Villas is identical by way of materiality, ground plan, and orientation, Formafatal curates distinctive interiors — particularly of their shade idea — which is expressed alongside the outside. The architectural design displays the distinctive qualities of the world, taking into consideration its its views towards the Pacific Ocean and the form of the land. The workforce notes: ‘The colour idea of interiors responds to the energies that had been perceived within the location of the villas earlier than their development.‘
‘Though the villas are solely twelve meters aside, every of them has clearly completely different vibrations that I mirrored within the inside design. Jaspis Villa (jaspis = jasper, shiny villa) is a mirrored image of yin vitality. It’s linked to the ocean and sky, not solely visually, but additionally with its vibrations. With a shade idea in sand shades, I reply to this interconnection,‘ continues the architect.
‘Nefrit Villa (nefrit = jade, darkish villa) is a mirrored image of yang vitality. Within the Nefrit villa, you possibly can really feel the connection between the bottom and the jungle. Right here, too, the chosen shade idea is a response to those energies and the red-terracotta shade of the concrete ground transmits the shade of native soil to the inside of the home. Upon arrival, each villas appear very inconspicuous, and humble.
