en.Wedoany.com Reported - Viruta Lab has completed a duplex apartment project named Casa Altea on the Mascarat cliff on Spain's Costa Blanca. Led by María Daroz and David Puerta, the team was influenced by Scandinavian design and has a family connection to dance, which is reflected in their perception of space through geometry and physics. The project uses a local material palette and a system of sliding panels that regulate light without losing connection with the landscape, interpreting the canyon's scenery as a fjord embedded between rock, water, and light.
The residence creates a warm atmosphere, interpreting layered rocks, cliff shadows, and the vibration of sunlight on limestone, avoiding traditional maritime imagery. The design began with a preliminary analysis of the environment, with slatted wood textures mimicking the cliffs surrounding the house. The project uses Hisbalit's two-tone mosaics and Nais's green small tiles, introducing handmade and Mediterranean scales to create an effect of light breaking on stone.
Viruta Lab designed a system of slatted sliding doors customized by Nomi, serving as visual filters. This system allows the entire floor to be unified into one space or divided into four independent areas: foyer, kitchen, dining room, and living room, giving each space autonomy without losing overall coherence. The living room features a Tekiò Horizontal P2 pendant lamp by Santa & Cole, a Graphius sofa, a Cliente ottoman by Paolo Nessi (upholstered in La Madrid and Gabriel fabrics), a Lucia table by Decowood, Ramón chairs by Santa & Cole, a Deya side table, a bench by Ferm Living, a stool by Horm, and a Fosca stool by Blasco & Vila under a Berimbau wall lamp by Ferroluce.
Inspired by the Costa Blanca where the villa is located, the project uses tones of ochre, sand, honey, and light wood, recreating the reflections of the warm limestone and low-angle sunlight. Light curtains and textile filters bring a sense of mist and salty air, turning external light into a habitable part of the house. The main floor opens completely to the landscape, making the entrance the starting point of a visual sequence leading to the sea.
The exterior terrace is furnished with pieces from the Expormim brand, specifically the Cask collection, including sofas, armchairs, and loungers, paired with Talo and Hexagonal tables. The overall look is complemented by Maurina chairs from Kave Home and Plaff-On 16 wall lamps from Marset. The interior color palette extends outdoors through colored tiles and green chairs.
All double bedrooms are located at the rear of the duplex, more secluded and private, away from the direct exposure of the front sea area. The master bedroom restores the connection with the landscape, becoming a viewing room, a place to wake up in front of the rock, light, and sea. Its position reinforces the importance of the landscape within the house, integrating the view and environment directly into daily life.
From an architectural perspective, the project is based on a clear idea: transforming the residence into a series of filters between the body and the landscape. Casa Altea interprets the geography of Mascarat from within, through concepts of rock, shadow, horizon, and shelter, rather than through the usual symbols of summer. It is a summer house conceived as a place to pause, observe, and rest, suspended between the vertical mineral nature of the cliff and the infinite calm of the Mediterranean.
The master bedroom restores the connection with the landscape, becoming a viewing room, a place to wake up in front of the rock, light, and sea. Its position reinforces the importance of the landscape within the house, integrating the view and environment directly into daily life.
From an architectural perspective, the project is based on a clear idea: transforming the residence into a series of filters between the body and the landscape. Casa Altea interprets the geography of Mascarat from within, through concepts of rock, shadow, horizon, and shelter, rather than through the usual symbols of summer. It is a summer house conceived as a place to pause, observe, and rest, suspended between the vertical mineral nature of the cliff and the infinite calm of the Mediterranean.
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