Project
Casa Río
A 400 m² contemporary residence in Dominicalito, conceived as an open, horizontal, and refined architecture where transparency, shade, and vegetation shape a serene tropical experience.
Category
Residential
Location
Dominicalito, Osa
Year
2025
Status
In design
Description
Casa Río is a 400 m² residence located in Dominicalito, Osa, designed in 2025 as a contemporary proposal that seeks to balance sophistication, openness, and a strong connection to its tropical setting. The architecture is composed through horizontal planes, generous overhangs, continuous transparency, and a clean volumetric composition that conveys order, calm, and lightness. The house opens toward gardens and outdoor areas through large glass panels and integrated terraces, allowing vegetation, natural light, and outdoor living to become an essential part of the spatial experience. Its material language combines light surfaces, dark structural elements, and warm details in ceilings and finishes, creating an elegant and timeless contrast. The result is a contemporary home that, while maintaining formal clarity, feels deeply livable, tropical, and connected to nature.
Project information
Location
Dominicalito, Osa
Area
400 m²
Scope
Construction and design
Year
2025
Category
Residential
Status
In design
Language
Contemporary tropical
Details
Concept
Casa Río is conceived as a contemporary home that interprets the tropics through serenity and formal clarity. The proposal seeks to create an open and sophisticated architecture where the relationship between interior spaces, gardens, and terraces feels natural, continuous, and elegant.
Architecture and spatiality
The house is organized through a horizontal composition of clean planes and volumes that emphasize spaciousness and visual continuity. Partial double-height spaces, transparent enclosures, and outdoor extensions allow the home to breathe, receive natural light, and maintain a strong connection with the surrounding landscape.
Tropical language
The proposal incorporates principles of tropical architecture through generous overhangs, large openings, controlled shade, and a soft transition between interior and exterior spaces. Vegetation and gardens do not act merely as a backdrop, but as an active part of the living experience, bringing freshness, privacy, and atmosphere.
Materiality
The material palette combines light surfaces, dark structural elements, and warm details in ceilings and finishes, resulting in a contemporary and refined expression. This selection allows the house to maintain an elegant and clean presence while preserving the warmth needed to feel welcoming within a tropical setting.
Strategies
- Horizontal composition to reinforce spaciousness and visual calm
- Generous overhangs for shade and climate protection
- Large glass panels for natural light and outdoor continuity
- Direct relationship between gardens, terraces, and interior spaces
- Restrained palette contrasting light tones, dark structure, and warm details
