The home of Pieter and Irene sits at the heart of the Tosalet community. A poolside villa with bougainvillea climbing its stone arches and terracotta steps that warm in the afternoon light.
This project became a template for what a Tosalet renovation can aspire to. Materials that age with beauty. Spaces that expand in summer and contract in winter. A relationship between inside and outside that feels inevitable rather than designed.
The defining architectural gesture of Tosalet Home is the sequence of arches that connects the interior to the pool terrace. Built in local stone, these arches provide shade, structure the view, and create a rhythm that the eye follows from the dining room to the water.
The terracotta step detail — each riser a slightly different tone, laid in the traditional Valencian method without adhesive — is the kind of decision that takes patience but repays it for decades. The steps warm faster than the surrounding stone and hold the heat into the evening.
Bougainvillea climbing
stone arches. Terracotta steps.
Pool at golden hour.
The pool at Tosalet Home was positioned to receive the last light of the afternoon. The stone deck, laid in the same limestone as the house interior, extends directly to the water's edge without a step or a change in level. Bougainvillea trained along the boundary wall provides colour and shade from June to October.
