The Wing House sits on top of a hill at the southern coast of Costa Rica's Caribbean. Its indoor spaces (a kitchen, a bathroom, and a living room downstairs as well as a sleeping room upstairs) are reduced to a minimum in order to adjust to the small available construction budget and to maintain a compact core of the building.
The surrounding terraces complete the interior program and extend its use to the outside; the tilted wings that connect the different characteristic points of the building geometry protect it from overheating, winds and rain. The wings are positioned in such a way that the main view connections to the coast are maintained and emphasized.
The bioclimatic architecture responds to the local hot and humid climate; the house is designed to be fully autosufficient in terms of services. Energy is provided by solar power and biogas, rain water is recollected to be used as grey water by the inhabitants.
Credit
A Company (Oliver Schütte with José Pablo González).
Limon, Costa Rica, 2011.