Casa Santa Teresa by Amelia Tavella Architectes
Recently redesigned by Amelia Tavella Architectes, this inspiring sea front house is situated in Ajaccio, France.
Description
There would be the primitive memory of a house by the sea, memory of the days blushed by the sun, slow or dancing evenings, clear dawn which opens their arms to the one who finally dozes off – beauty is a celebration.
Interior and exterior are never untied, but balanced according to the strength or the softness of the light passed through the sieve of the striped shutters, pivoting doors which invite or protect in the vast living room with secret alcoves leading to the upper rooms, while the plants and flowers escort the swim. The white building surrounded by sky is built overhanging the Mediterranean which unfolds a few meters away and which can be reached barefoot on the hot slab : the offering and the promise. « It is a house from the 1950s that had to be rebuilt without leaving behind vestiges of the past : its soul, its spirit. I believe in the memory of walls, in the way it leaves its mark on a space. This is the story of the fun you had to find here. Pleasure of baths, invasive nature, close proximity to the beach, rocks, the Mediterranean Sea.The house is as if extracted from the city, which is fading in favor of beauty, of silence.
Pivoting doors, alcoves, no partition prevents the view. I wanted beauty to flow, to be an invi- tation to the horizon, to the imagination. The railings are made of rope, the striped shutt...
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