The TDM Villa is conceived as a coastal retreat that dissolves the boundary between architecture and Mediterranean landscape. The design responds to the steep topography of Tossa de Mar, unfolding as a series of fluid, terraced volumes that follow the natural contour lines. The villa orients every main space toward the sea, transforming the residence into a panoramic belvedere open to all views while remaining discreetly embedded within the pine and cork oak forest.
The architectural language is defined by soft, continuous curves and horizontal white bands that wrap façades, eaves, and terraces in a single gesture. This ribbon-like element emphasizes the villa’s horizontality, echoes the coastal cliffs, and frames wide glass surfaces that maximize daylight and visual connection with the bay. The result is a sculptural yet understated presence that privileges landscape over object.
The building is organized in stepped platforms, minimizing cut-and-fill and allowing direct access to the garden from multiple levels. The upper volume accommodates the most private functions, such as bedrooms and intimate lounges, while the intermediate and lower terraces host social spaces including living areas, kitchen, and outdoor leisure decks.
The plan follows a broken, elongated curve that opens like a fan toward the sea. This geometry creates a sequence of variable-depth terraces, offering both generous open decks and more sheltered outdoor rooms. Circulation is conceived as a promenade architecturale: covered walkways skim along the slope, linking interior and exterior spaces and providing shaded transitions between different programmatic areas.
The façades combine large-format glazing with slender structural elements and pronounced horizontal slabs. The continuous white bands function both as shading canopies and as structural diaphragms, reducing the need for intermediate supports and allowing panoramic openings. This structural clarity enhances transparency and ensures that the sea and forest remain the main protagonists.
Materially, the project juxtaposes warm tones and tactile surfaces against the crisp white envelope. Natural stone cladding anchors the base to the terrain, while timber accents bring domestic scale to terraces and soffits. High-performance glazing with selective coatings controls solar gain, and minimalist aluminum frames maintain the continuity of the exterior ribbon. The combination delivers a refined coastal character that is durable in a marine environment.
Interior spaces are designed as extensions of the surrounding landscape, with floor finishes and ceiling lines that flow virtually uninterrupted to the exterior decks. Open-plan living areas emphasize axial views toward the horizon, while curved partitions subtly guide movement and frame specific vistas of the rocky coves and open sea.
The color palette prioritizes neutral, sandy tones complemented by natural timber and stone surfaces, creating a calm, resort-like atmosphere. Built-in furniture and integrated storage follow the geometry of the outer shell, reinforcing the sense of continuity. Large sliding panels allow spaces to shift from fully open, breezy environments to more enclosed and intimate settings depending on season and time of day.
The garden strategy focuses on preserving and enhancing the existing Mediterranean ecosystem. Native trees and shrubs weave around the built volumes, softening edges and ensuring that the villa appears to emerge from the forest canopy. Terraced gardens with low retaining walls of local stone mediate between constructed platforms and natural rock outcrops.
Outdoor living areas are articulated around an infinity pool that visually merges with the sea. Sun decks, lounge platforms, and shaded pergolas are distributed along the main façade, providing a variety of microclimates for different times of day. Roof surfaces are treated as accessible green roofs, offering additional belvedere points and contributing to the perception of architecture as an elevated landscape rather than a discrete object.
Sustainability is addressed through both passive and active strategies carefully adapted to the Mediterranean climate. The curved orientation and generous overhangs optimize solar exposure in winter while providing effective shading in summer. Cross-ventilation is enabled by dual-aspect rooms and operable façades, reducing reliance on mechanical cooling during temperate months.
Green roofs increase thermal inertia, mitigate heat-island effect, and improve rainwater management, while native planting minimizes irrigation needs. High-performance insulation, low-emissivity glazing, and airtight detailing reduce energy consumption, making the villa compatible with high-efficiency HVAC and potential photovoltaic integration on less visible roof segments. Local materials and preserved vegetation limit the project’s ecological footprint, ensuring that the TDM Villa remains harmoniously integrated within the coastal landscape of Tossa de Mar.
The TDM Villa is conceived as a coastal retreat that dissolves the boundary between architecture and Mediterranean landscape. The design responds to the steep topography of Tossa de Mar, unfolding as a series of fluid, terraced volumes that follow the natural contour lines. The villa orients every main space toward the sea, transforming the residence into a panoramic belvedere open to all views while remaining discreetly embedded within the pine and cork oak forest.
The architectural language is defined by soft, continuous curves and horizontal white bands that wrap façades, eaves, and terraces in a single gesture. This ribbon-like element emphasizes the villa’s horizontality, echoes the coastal cliffs, and frames wide glass surfaces that maximize daylight and visual connection with the bay. The result is a sculptural yet understated presence that privileges landscape over object.
The building is organized in stepped platforms, minimizing cut-and-fill and allowing direct access to the garden from multiple levels. The upper volume accommodates the most private functions, such as bedrooms and intimate lounges, while the intermediate and lower terraces host social spaces including living areas, kitchen, and outdoor leisure decks.
The plan follows a broken, elongated curve that opens like a fan toward the sea. This geometry creates a sequence of variable-depth terraces, offering both generous open decks and more sheltered outdoor rooms. Circulation is conceived as a promenade architecturale: covered walkways skim along the slope, linking interior and exterior spaces and providing shaded transitions between different programmatic areas.
The façades combine large-format glazing with slender structural elements and pronounced horizontal slabs. The continuous white bands function both as shading canopies and as structural diaphragms, reducing the need for intermediate supports and allowing panoramic openings. This structural clarity enhances transparency and ensures that the sea and forest remain the main protagonists.
Materially, the project juxtaposes warm tones and tactile surfaces against the crisp white envelope. Natural stone cladding anchors the base to the terrain, while timber accents bring domestic scale to terraces and soffits. High-performance glazing with selective coatings controls solar gain, and minimalist aluminum frames maintain the continuity of the exterior ribbon. The combination delivers a refined coastal character that is durable in a marine environment.
Interior spaces are designed as extensions of the surrounding landscape, with floor finishes and ceiling lines that flow virtually uninterrupted to the exterior decks. Open-plan living areas emphasize axial views toward the horizon, while curved partitions subtly guide movement and frame specific vistas of the rocky coves and open sea.
The color palette prioritizes neutral, sandy tones complemented by natural timber and stone surfaces, creating a calm, resort-like atmosphere. Built-in furniture and integrated storage follow the geometry of the outer shell, reinforcing the sense of continuity. Large sliding panels allow spaces to shift from fully open, breezy environments to more enclosed and intimate settings depending on season and time of day.
The garden strategy focuses on preserving and enhancing the existing Mediterranean ecosystem. Native trees and shrubs weave around the built volumes, softening edges and ensuring that the villa appears to emerge from the forest canopy. Terraced gardens with low retaining walls of local stone mediate between constructed platforms and natural rock outcrops.
Outdoor living areas are articulated around an infinity pool that visually merges with the sea. Sun decks, lounge platforms, and shaded pergolas are distributed along the main façade, providing a variety of microclimates for different times of day. Roof surfaces are treated as accessible green roofs, offering additional belvedere points and contributing to the perception of architecture as an elevated landscape rather than a discrete object.
Sustainability is addressed through both passive and active strategies carefully adapted to the Mediterranean climate. The curved orientation and generous overhangs optimize solar exposure in winter while providing effective shading in summer. Cross-ventilation is enabled by dual-aspect rooms and operable façades, reducing reliance on mechanical cooling during temperate months.
Green roofs increase thermal inertia, mitigate heat-island effect, and improve rainwater management, while native planting minimizes irrigation needs. High-performance insulation, low-emissivity glazing, and airtight detailing reduce energy consumption, making the villa compatible with high-efficiency HVAC and potential photovoltaic integration on less visible roof segments. Local materials and preserved vegetation limit the project’s ecological footprint, ensuring that the TDM Villa remains harmoniously integrated within the coastal landscape of Tossa de Mar.
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