In CTZ2 House, the site is not simply a support for the project. The slope of the plot, its orientation and the views towards Portitxol Bay in Jávea form part of the decisions that shape the architecture itself.

The plot descends steeply towards the southeast and looks directly towards the Mediterranean. Based on these conditions, the project seeks to adapt the house to the terrain and position the main living areas, terrace and swimming pool in relation to the best views. The result is a stepped configuration that follows the topography rather than attempting to neutralise it.

A series of sinuous platforms overlap and shift along the natural slope. Their horizontality defines the image of the house and creates terraces that run along the glazed envelope, making the transition between interior and exterior spaces gradual.

On the main floor, one of these platforms increases in depth to become a generous terrace. The swimming pool visually extends this space towards the horizon, while the Mediterranean garden becomes part of the composition as an extension of the house. Architecture, vegetation and landscape are thus no longer understood as independent elements.

The steep slope, which could initially have appeared to be a challenge of the site, ultimately becomes precisely what defines the identity of CTZ2 House. Rather than modifying the site to accommodate a preconceived form, the project seeks a specific way of inhabiting these conditions.

ArchDaily published CTZ2 House on 25 November 2023. The project was subsequently nominated in the Houses category of the ArchDaily Building of the Year 2024.

The Building of the Year awards are based on projects published by ArchDaily and on the participation of its international community of readers. The nomination allowed CTZ2 House to become part of an international conversation around contemporary housing and to bring the project to a wider audience.

Beyond the nomination itself, this exposure provides an opportunity to share an approach to architecture closely connected to the Mediterranean: designing in response to topography, orientation, landscape and the possibilities that each site offers for creating a particular way of living.

In this sense, CTZ2 House is a house open to the Mediterranean. Not only through its visual relationship with the sea, but because the slope, light, vegetation and continuity of life towards the outdoor spaces are part of the very origin of the project.