這間座落在西班牙阿利坎特（Alicante）海岬岩壁上的白色小屋「House on the Cliff」，想必是讓負責設計的西班牙建築師事務所Fran Silvestre Arquitectos相當滿意。因為正如事務所表示，讓建築如同飄浮在空中，卻同時又像行走在水上一般。
雖然座落在陡峭的岬壁上，卻也因為獨一無二的地理位置才能在峭壁上一覽美麗的地中海海景。小屋沿著自然山勢輪廓攀沿而上，以簡單線條及直角曲線附合在峭壁之中，最後將有著整面落地窗的客廳朝向地中海海景方向，如同寧靜地凝視著地中海。日落時，沉浸在小屋旁的游池使人彷彿更靠近了地中海，而在小屋轉折處的外牆沿牆而上的樓梯彷彿是成了由山景轉向海景的探險通道，事務所更在地下室規劃了一處花園。
由混凝土構築而成的峭壁小屋，以一層樓的高度沿著峭壁攀延而上，避免了破壞原有的環境，同時小屋的造型亦如同水平伸展在岩盤上，並在基地較低處一處原本的平坦地上規劃了一處泳池，外立面則以灰白色石灰粉刷，同時事務所在其他的材料上，像是碎石材及牆等也儘量保持同色系，尊重並象徵著當地傳統的建築精神，同時強調著設計上的一致性。
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編譯／蘇琨峰 圖文／Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
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蘇琨峰／Andre
一隻喜愛新事物也對舊事物固執的牡羊。台北工專土木工程科、雲林科技大學營建工程結構組畢業，工作後決定離職前往澳洲再度充實自己並一圓留學夢，畢業於墨爾本大學經濟與商業研究所，主修商業與資訊管理。喜歡看建築、旅行探索、研究攝影、愛打網球、沉溺爵士樂當了爵士樂團薩克斯風手。目前為《欣建築／國際脈動》編譯、文字記者、辦理欣建築相關活動及國際領隊。
House on the Cliff／Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
We like the virtue of architecture which makes possible constructing a house on air, walking on water.
An abrupt plot of land overlooking the sea, where what is best is to do nothing. It invites to stay. A piece that respects the land's natural contour is set in it. Above, a shadow, the house itself, looking calmly at the Mediterranean. Under the sun, the swimming-pool brings us closer to the sea, it becomes a quiet cove. In the inflection point, the stairway proposes a evocative path, a garden in the basement.
Due to the steepness of the plot and the desire to contain the house in just one level, a three-dimensional structure of reinforced concrete slabs and screens adapting to the plot's topography was chosen, thus minimizing the earthwork. This monolithic, stone-anchored structure generates a horizontal platform from the accessing level, where the house itself is located. The swimming-pool is placed on a lower level, on an already flat area of the site. The concrete structure is insulated from the outside and then covered by a flexible and smooth white lime stucco. The rest of materials, walls, pavements, the gravel on the roof... all maintain the same colour, respecting the traditional architecture of the area, emphasizing it and simultaneously underlining the unity of the house.
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Andre Profile
A male Aries, loves learning new things and being nostalgic to old things. Academic background: Bachelor of Construction Engineering Department at National YunTech University, Taiwan and Diploma of Graduate School of Business and Economics at University of Melbourne. With character of a little introvert, addicting to architecture, photography, tennis, Jazz music and saxophone and being the translator of Xin Architecture/ International, reporter, holder of activities and international tour leader.