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AURELIA
AURELIAPreparing the view
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01Two buildings, generated in code

Walk a building that has not been built.

A private residence on a coastal ridge and a twenty-storey oceanfront tower — both generated from geometry rather than photographed, both walkable at any hour of the day. Neither exists.

02Architecture

Two stone wings, and the light between them.

The plan is a rear service bar with two wings pushed forward from it. The glazed living volume sits in the gap they leave, and the upper floor cantilevers four metres past the building line above the terrace.

03Living

A single level, from the hearth to the water.

The living floor runs out through a full-width sliding wall onto the terrace without a step, and the terrace runs on to the pool deck. Inside and outside are one continuous plane.

04Interior

Rooms built from the same drawing as the walls.

Twenty-one rooms across two storeys, every one of them resolved from the building’s own plan lines — the partitions, the joinery, and the furniture all derive from the structure that contains them.

05Amenities

Water held at the edge of the ridge.

The infinity pool sits below the terrace with its far wall dropped to a weir. A sunken lounge is cut into the deck beside it, and the planting screens both from the approach.

06Spatial

Read the residence as a plan.

Seen from above, the composition resolves: the rear bar holding the service rooms, the wings framing the void, and the cantilever reaching out over the water.

07Setting

Oriented for one uninterrupted view.

Every principal room faces the same way. The service rooms take the rear elevation, the circulation takes the middle, and the whole west end of the upper floor is given to a single suite.

08Enquire

The residence, seen whole.

Everything above is one continuous model, generated in real time. Continue into the explorer to move through it space by space, or arrange to see it in person.

The Statement

Architecture as restraint — mass, shadow, and horizon reduced to their essential terms.

The residence is conceived as a single continuous volume set against the ridge. Stone podium, cast concrete frame, and full-height glazing are the only materials in play. Nothing is decorative; every element is structural, and the landscape is invited to do the rest.

The Residence

Residence No. 01Coastal Ridge

Designed by Atelier Sorrel, the residence occupies a private ledge above the coast — oriented for a single, uninterrupted view.

Interior
840 m²
Grounds
4.2 ha
Bedrooms
Four
Elevation
86 m
Specification

The residence, in figures

Counts marked below are read from the residence's own room schedule. Areas and elevations describe the residence as designed.

Levels
2Ground and upper
Rooms
21Enclosed spaces
Bedrooms
4Including the master suite
Bathrooms
3All ensuite or adjacent
Interior
840 m²Across both levels
Grounds
4.2 haPrivate ledge above the coast
Pool
PrivateInfinity edge, 11 × 6.5 m
Elevation
86 mAbove sea level

Counted from the room schedule.

Commission a build

Bring your property to life.

Everything here was built from geometry, not photography — which means it can be built for a development that does not exist yet. Tell us about the project.