Contour Home

Three programmatic zones — living, sleeping, and pool — arranged around a central garden on a golf-course lot, connected by deliberately exterior circulation so that moving between them means passing through the outdoors.

Contour Home takes its name from the site it inhabits — a gently sloping lot along a golf course fairway in Costa Rica, where the natural topography becomes the organising logic of the plan. Rather than levelling the ground, the design works with the slope: arrival is via a ceremonial covered outdoor staircase that descends to a generous covered living terrace, immediately connecting the visitor to the landscape. Circulation between the three main elements is kept deliberately exterior, so that moving through the house means moving through the outdoors.

The three zones — living, sleeping, and the pool terrace — are arranged around a central interior garden, planted with striking Costa Rican species to form a green focal point that the rooms look inward onto. A large covered outdoor kitchen and living zone opens directly to the pool, blurring the line between inside and out. Bedroom wings are positioned to frame sweeping views of the fairway and the rolling hills beyond. Wide, generous roof overhangs provide deep shade throughout the day, keeping the interiors cool and sheltered. The whole composition is grounded by the landscape — the contour lines of the site made architectural.