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House Of The Sun in Marbella
25 July 2020
House Of The Sun, Marbella
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location: Marbella, Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Southern Spain
House Of The Sun

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos have always been fascinated by the work of Andreu Alfaro “The door of the Universe” made in 1983. A circle rotated and suspended over a square. For some years it was located at the door of the architecture studio, and it was surprising its ability to make us think, place ourselves at the base when the day ended and consider that we were indeed facing a threshold that opened the door to infinite space.

An analogous effect is felt when visiting the ?In Praise of the Horizon? carried out by Eduardo Chillida in 1989 in Gijón. Where according to the author himself, the viewer is placed in direct relationship with the work and with the Universe.
Chillida himself wondered: “Will not the present be, like the horizon, another border, another limit, another place without dimension always full of questions"” This idea of open centrality, as a representation of something immeasurable, has fascinated humanity forever and architecture has echoed this fascination countless times.

With these references continually going around in our minds, a place appeared in the city of Marbella, on a plot with a large slope and at an elevated level that provides fantast...