To frame or to dialogue with the landscape, even to emphasize it are some of the mechanisms that can be used when the project is located in a really idyllic environment. And, certainly, in this project, Ramon Esteve Estudio takes advantage of them. Lightness and tectonic and the game with the horizon are other concepts that do this project perceives so beauty.

Ramón Esteve Estudio has been the manager of constructing this beautiful project located in a special emplacement "playing" with ideas as lightness or tectonic, designing two totally different façades that work equally good, "opening" the plant to the sea, framing the views and finishing everything with ended of white tones.

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This unique home is located on top of a hill that down to the Mediterranean Sea on Costa Blanca. The place, located in front of a beautiful cove, has sweeping sea views, which motivates the use of large concrete walls that shoot in different directions.

The picture is framed between the architecture and the pool water, which is silhouetted against the horizon. One of its most exciting peculiarities is the long porch overhangs, which by their construction system, are embedded within the walls instead of resting on them, achieving a visual effect that approaches the impossible. The house has expressive materiality through the use of rough finishes such as concrete and bleached wood. The combined materials are employed in shades of white, looking for warmth. The formal abstraction is combined with earthy materiality in a subtle play of contrasts.

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Ramón Esteve.
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Project team Equipo de proyecto
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Anna Bosca, Estefanía Pérez, Víctor Ruiz, María Martí.
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Quantity surveyor.- Emilio Pérez. Other collaborators.- Tudi Soriano, Natalia Fonseca. Site manager.- Gonzalo Llin.
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Builder
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Construcciones Francés.
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Area
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1285 sqm.
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Project.- 2013. Ending work.- 2014.

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Javea, Alicante, Spain.
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Mariela Apollonio.
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Ramón Esteve is an architecture studio founded in 1991 with the conviction that architecture is a global discipline. They have formed a team of professionals connected by the pursuit of a common goal: to generate creative responses in our environment by creating unique places, objects, and brands. Today, the studio is a place where architects, designers, and creatives work together to develop projects with character.

For them, architecture and design are complementary disciplines that enrich each other and, in some ways, are inseparable. They begin any project by paying attention to all its parameters to achieve a result with maximum clarity, simplicity, order, and harmony. Their identity is evident in their work. Their commitment to a job well done compels them to focus on the details and take care of the complete development of an idea. What is initially just a thought or an idea evolves with effort and perseverance to become a reality, a space, or an object.

Ramón Esteve Cambra, born in Valencia on August 25, 1964, earned his degree in architecture from the Madrid School of Architecture in 1990, and founded his studio, Ramón Esteve Estudio, the following year. In 1996, he earned his doctorate in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where he served as an associate professor from 2005 to 2018.

His studio has developed a wide range of projects, including single-family homes, public healthcare, educational, and cultural projects, as well as furniture design. His most notable works include Casa Na Xemena in Ibiza (2003), the Príncipe Felipe Research Center in Valencia (2004), and the renovation of the Bombas Gens building in Valencia (2018), for which he received the Land Rover Born Award. In the field of industrial design, he has collaborated with various firms, creating collections such as Origami for Vibia (2009) and Faz for Vondom (2010). Throughout his career, he has received multiple awards, including the ADCV Award in 2011 for the LINK collection for Vibia and the Best of Year Interior Design Award in 2015 for the Ulmm Daybed for Vondom.

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Published on: May 11, 2015
Cite: "Fragmenting the horizon. Sardinera House by Ramón Esteve Estudio " METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/fragmenting-horizon-sardinera-house-ramon-esteve-estudio> ISSN 1139-6415
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