Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects

A few months ago i spotted this house with an amazing private library in Domus magazine, on an issue dedicated to contemporary libraries. It has a very detalied wood work. I love the bookshelves between the structure. the text from the architect, more pictures and drawings after the break.
Architects: Gianni Botsford
Location: Cahuita, Costa Rica
Client: Confidential
Budget: UK £55,000 (US $108,971)
Contractor: Lechenne Construction
Structural Engineers: Tall Engineers
Photographs: Christian Richters
By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics GBA has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica.
A main studio space, with library, writing desk and grand piano, is the writer’s daytime space. The pavilion’s wooden structure, sourced from local timber, sits on a simple foundation of wooden stilts on small concrete pad foundations. Roof beams of up to 10 m long and 355 mm deep allow for an interior with no vertical columns. The mono-pitched roof elevates towards the sea shore, while the interior is through ventilated via a completely louvred glazed end façade.
Set at a short distance along a raised walkway, a second smaller pavilion mirrors the first. This contains sleeping quarters and a bathroom. Externally, the pavilions are clad in corrugated steel sheeting, another locally used construction material. The overall effect is that of a building which blends with its surroundings, both visually and environmentally.
© photographs copyright christian richters
- site plan
- ground plan
- roof plan
- elevation 01
- elevation 02























8 Comments to “Casa Kike / Gianni Botsford Architects” »
Is humidity a problem in that area? I’m wondering about the condition of the books in what seems like an essentially open structure…
i was thinking the same exact thing when I saw it the books. Such a beautiful house though!
I vow one day to have a study like that!
although the exteriors are too much for me. i really like the interiors. the library is beautiful and spacious.
quoting cozby: “I vow one day to have a study like that!”
Talk about ALWAYS having good reading light.
Funny structure!
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