Waterfront Villa with Atrium and First-Line Access

This house sits on the first line, with direct access to the water. When a site gives you that, the main task is one: remove the boundary between the house and nature. Full-height glazed façades, a ground-floor walkout to the water, panoramic views from every zone. The house doesn’t look at nature — it’s in it.

The site wasn’t levelled. The terrain became part of the architecture: the building was placed so the levels play off each other, and the existing trees stayed where they were. The woodland on the plot is preserved — and brought into the plan through a two-storey atrium. It divides the ground floor into a dining zone and a guest area, draws in light, and makes nature feel like it lives inside the house.

Across two levels: private bedrooms, a home gym, a SPA zone and a barbecue terrace. The dining area has two kitchens — a working kitchen and a clean one. For those who host often, it means food is prepared where it should be, and the dining space stays calm and uncluttered.

The client chose a different approach from the start — not to extract the maximum from the site, but to keep what was already there. That’s rare. And it’s exactly what made it possible to build a house that belongs to this place.