At Guanacaste’s Reserva Conchal, luxury homes are created with an intimate knowledge of a demanding climate. After all, without expert design, a whole year’s worth of sunlight, with sanded beaches and the closeness of the sea could take their toll.
In the booming international real estate market Reserva Conchal Beach and Golf Resort, in northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, has become a favorite for those looking for breathtaking ocean views, sound investments and good golf. Yet, what most residents don’t consider when they finally lay back on their brand new balconies to enjoy the permanent summer, is that the same breeze that soothes them could be potentially corrosive to ocean front properties, which is why every luxury home at Reserva Conchal has been built with highly resistant materials and under strictly specialized supervision.
Reserva Conchal’s trademark architecture itself responds to an intimate knowledge of the conditions on a land where the sun reigns three hundred and sixty days of the year. Every luxury house, condo and studio apartment has been designed to make the best of the ocean views and the white sand beach, yet the French doors and high ceilings are also designed to favor a constant air flow for highly efficient ventilation. Every floor plan –of which there are many, for Reserva Conchal is a highly complex community—has been designed with a minimum of divisions to maximize air flow and maintain lower temperatures. This results in open, highly illuminated rooms, where interiors are protected from direct sunlight with ledges, parasols and protruding borders, which also help diminish inner temperatures.
The resulting buildings have set the standard for luxury properties in Costa Rica: they offer more open spaces and tend to blend in the exterior views with the interior décor, including the colors and shapes of the Catalina Islands, of the ocean views and of the golf course into the overall impression of the living rooms and master bedrooms. Besides the high-end construction, doors and furnishings are reinforced against the humidity, corrosion and wear of beach homes. “In the kitchen and bathroom furniture, all baseboards are aluminum and remain isolated from the floor by an aluminum plate”, says Sidney Rosenstock, CEO of Euromobilia. In Reserva Conchal, granite remains the material of choice for kitchens and bathrooms.
For the finishing touches, colors and textures are borrowed from the immediate context: inside every residence, a relaxed atmosphere is created by blends of natural materials like wood and tile, decorative blends of coconut, stone and bamboo with modern designs and a color palette that runs to the ochres, creams, beiges and whites, creating a luxurious oasis that is also easy to maintain, so that every owner can indulge in the pleasures of rest and play.
