The Sibarist

Contemporary architecture overlooking the Ares Estuary in A Coruña

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Description

At the northern tip of the province of A Coruña, facing the entrance to the Ferrol Estuary and surrounded by the unspoiled landscape of Chanteiro, stands Casa de los Ingenieros, a historic residence that has reclaimed its place in the territory after more than a century of silence. Very close to the seafaring town of Ares and the picturesque village of Redes, the house emerges between sea and vegetation as a serene refuge, rich in memory.

Built in 1892 as the residence of the military engineers responsible for the defensive batteries of the estuary, the building had gradually been reduced to a powerful stone structure, stripped of its former presence. The current intervention recovers that legacy through a contemporary, sensitive, and precise approach, capable of restoring life to it without altering its essence.

The restoration highlights the tectonic strength of Galician granite and combines it with noble, natural materials, chosen for their authenticity and their ability to engage in dialogue with the Atlantic landscape. Among them, the iroko woodwork stands out—a timber with a maritime tradition, used in naval construction for its strength and durability against the oceanic climate. The material and chromatic palette echoes the surroundings: rock, vegetation, mist, and the changing light of the sea.

The project is structured around light as a constructive material. The generous original openings, reinterpreted with dark profiles, frame the exterior as though it were a sequence of living landscapes. The sea and the forest visually enter every room, establishing a constant relationship between interior and exterior. Atlantic light moves through the spaces and sets in motion a delicate dialogue between memory, calm, and contemporaneity.

Inside, the design embraces purity of line and an atmosphere of warm restraint. The carefully selected furnishings combine restored pieces with others of a more contemporary language, reinforcing a sense of balance, authenticity, and quiet. Every decision seems to respond to the desire to preserve the soul of the place while making it fully habitable in the present.

More than a restoration, Casa de los Ingenieros is an exercise in reconciliation between different times. An architecture that does not impose, but listens; that transforms ruin into permanence and history into lived experience. In this way, the house once again inhabits the landscape not as a vestige, but as a testament to how beauty, light, and material can become a form of memory.

This recovery also goes beyond the domestic sphere, helping to highlight the historical heritage of Chanteiro, an enclave that preserves discreet and singular treasures, such as the Church of La Merced, a 15th-century temple that forms part of the cultural identity of the place.

Layout:

The house is organized around the original structure of the historic residence, restored with a commitment to material and spatial continuity, and expanded through a contemporary volume that naturally extends the existing architecture.

The interior spaces are arranged around the views and the entry of light, encouraging a constant relationship with the maritime and forest landscape.

The main rooms open to the outside through large windows that make the surroundings an essential part of the domestic experience.

The new annex volume acts as a transition between the house and the landscape, extending interior life outward. From here, the home expands onto an open terrace and an infinity pool, conceived as a continuation of the architecture across the site. The contemporary intervention does not compete with the pre-existing structure, but rather accompanies it, establishing a serene balance between heritage and modernity.

The result is a house whose layout responds both to the logic of the original building and to a new way of living: more open, brighter, and deeply connected to its setting.

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Details

Reference THSEESLAC0004
Price Ask us
Plot area 1600 sqm
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 6
Location Chanteiro-Ares, La Coruña

Attributes

Ceiling heights of more than three metres
Equipped kitchen
Fireplace
Furnished
Garage
Garden
Porch
Separate laundry room
Swimming pool
Terrace
Sea views
Views of nature

Types of event

Photoshoot
Filming
Meeting
Pop-up Shop
Presentation
Showroom

5 Stars

In Chanteiro, one of the most authentic enclaves in Ares, Casa de los Ingenieros rests between the estuary, the forest and Atlantic memory. Its proximity to the fishing town of Ares and the village of Redes allows one to enjoy the calm of a protected landscape, without giving up local life, the sea and the most genuine Galician identity.

The house opens onto the landscape through a constant dialogue between indoors and outdoors. Its large openings capture the changing Atlantic light and frame the sea, the vegetation and the horizon as an essential part of the architecture. Each room seems oriented towards contemplation, breathing, and letting in the natural rhythm of the place.

Originally built as a residence connected to the military engineers of the defensive batteries of the estuary, the property preserves an uncommon history. Its restoration respects the strength of Galician granite and combines it with a serene contemporary intervention, where materiality, light and memory coexist with absolute naturalness.

To inhabit Casa de los Ingenieros is to experience Galicia through a profound sense of intimacy: the sound of the wind, the presence of the sea, the texture of stone, the warmth of wood and the calm of a setting that invites one to pause. A house designed to reconnect with the landscape, with silence and with a slower, essential and sophisticated way of life.

Thanks to its architecture, its history and its direct relationship with the surroundings, the house works both as a private retreat and as a setting for unique stays, productions, editorials, film shoots or experiences connected to design, architecture and the Atlantic lifestyle. Its interiors, terrace, garden and pool allow for different uses without losing coherence or character.

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