‘casa bell-lloc’ embedded into a costa rican slope

studio saxe introduces its casa bell-lloc, a home perched on the hilltops of the costa rican town of santa teresa. due to the extreme pitch of the terrain, the team embeds the private areas of bedrooms into the ground allowing the main living area the best and most expansive views on top with floating terraces and pool. benjamin g. saxe founder and design director of studio saxe comments: ‘this project is a testament of how concrete can be used in tropical architecture to achieve low maintenance and longevity without loosing openness and deep connections to nature beyond.’

project info:

project title: casa bell-lloc

architecture: studio saxe

location: santa teresa, puntarenas

client: fran machado and niko voorspols

design director: benjamin g. saxe

builder: jose francisco vásquez navarro

structural engineer: sotela alfaro ltda.

electromechanical engineer: CIEM

date of completion: 2020

photography: andres garcia lachner

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