Photo session of the latest completed project in Sotogrande: Villa Torii

Our studio has completed the photography and video session of Villa Torii, continuing the process of documenting and sharing this recently finished project. The photographer Fernando Alda and the audiovisual work of Jesús Orrico have captured with precision the atmosphere and spatial essence of the house.

The design of this home takes the iconic Japanese torii as a reference, reinterpreting its meaning as a threshold towards the essential. Traditionally, the torii marks the entrance to a sacred place; in this project, that idea is translated into an architecture that proposes a conscious transition between the environment and the living space.

The house is composed of two clearly differentiated elements: a solid base materialised in green marble and a lightweight upper structure, conceived as a pergola, that rests precisely upon it. The base represents stability and grounding, while the canopy, refined and elegant, introduces a more ethereal dimension where light and shadow shape the atmosphere. Together, both elements establish a balance between tradition and contemporaneity.

The ground floor accommodates the daytime area, opening onto a large exterior platform suspended over the landscape, reinforcing the continuity between interior and exterior. The lower level houses the nighttime area along with spaces dedicated to leisure and wellbeing, while the basement is reserved for the garage, a multipurpose room, and technical areas.

Villa Torii is conceived as a serene space where architecture accompanies rather than imposes. The sequence of its spaces, the precision of its materiality, and the central role of light create an experience that invites a calm way of inhabiting time, in a constant balance between the tangible and the intangible.