Villa C / Gal Marom Architects

From the architect. Villa C. Is a contemporary house which is located in the ancient city of Caesarea, Israel.

The interior and exterior spaces were designed as "a whole" –Minimal structure, transparent walls and long  vistas to the yard and pool blurs the borders between the interior and exterior and helped to create endless opportunities of optical illusion throughout the site. As one approaches the house from the street level, the monumental multi-functional wall is revealed. The wall stretches from one side of the house to the other and is read as though it is floating. It is covered with aluminum profiles in various sections. These sections have an esthetic role of creating breathtaking views as one is gazing to the entrance of the house as well as an ecological role in decreasing energy loss, inside the house due to the thickness of the wall and the insulation qualities of the profiles.

Natural materials – teak wood, aluminum, glass and gray basalt floor that were used to build the house, gives the villa the an organic, modern, clean feeling.