![La Jolla Beach House II / Juan Carlos Doblado - Image 1 of 17](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5507/8492/e58e/ce2f/d200/00a5/large_jpg/PORTADA_Vista_general.jpg?1426556040)
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Architects: Juan Carlos Doblado
- Area: 513 m²
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Photographs:Elsa Ramirez
![La Jolla Beach House II / Juan Carlos Doblado - Windows, Door, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5507/845a/e58e/ce0c/0b00/0055/large_jpg/Fachada_norte_noche.jpg?1426555986)
Text description provided by the architects. The house in La Jolla is located on the beach of the same name, on the coast of the Pacific. The site has a natural / artificial dichotomy, as it is opposite a large pond built as a buffer between the condo and the sea. Part of the site has a 1.80 meter terrace that acts as containment for the pond.
![La Jolla Beach House II / Juan Carlos Doblado - Image 9 of 17](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5507/84ad/e58e/ce2f/d200/00a6/large_jpg/Segundo_nivel_(2).jpg?1426556061)
The project aims to demonstrate the connection between an abstract architecture and its environment, establishing a relationship between man and nature, between the desert and the sea. Desert creates the need to create a space of privacy in the vastness of its territory; the ocean invites to open towards the horizon.
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The house engages on a slope that provides two different levels, one at the edge of the lagoon and another at the level of vehicular access. A relationship of transparency and opacity depending on the landscape and the program then arises.
![La Jolla Beach House II / Juan Carlos Doblado - Windows, Chair, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5507/84b0/e58e/ce0c/0b00/0058/large_jpg/Segundo_nivel.jpg?1426556065)
The level contact with the upper edge of the lagoon is completely transparent according to views, all grouped together and protected by a cover social settings. The level contact with the slope, as a platform, includes all the bedrooms and has a facade with fewer openings, accentuating the severity and relationship to the land.
![La Jolla Beach House II / Juan Carlos Doblado - Glass, Countertop, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5507/846f/e58e/ce2f/d200/00a3/large_jpg/Cocina.jpg?1426555999)