Villa AQUA by Manuel Ruiz Moriche, ARK Architects.Sotogrande, Spain. Sea Views.

Villa AQUA is a luxury villa located on a unique plot in the private area of The 15, with a large natural park and views of the Mediterranean Sea.

Villa AQUA adapts to your family’s way of life, placing your comfort and quality of life at the heart of the project.

In the local natural environment, natural light is intense but softly covered by the surrounding nature. The connection with these elements is at the heart of our project, in which we have designed several courtyards as climatic spaces, used to control shadows, temperature and natural air ventilation, but also as spaces of use and joy. Bioclimatic spaces improve the quality of life.

The garden built to be sustainable.

Villa AQUA rolls down the plot of land and its topography, in a parallel line to the sea, trying to mirror the contour of the water as its main focal point.

Water is the Root of this Project. Since the beginning of times, water has been the main origin and generative element of Life.

In Islamic culture, it had a religious and divine meaning. In our Project, it is the organizing element around which living spaces are positioned. It allows water to penetrate the interior spaces and blend into them, generating a microclimate that cools the house in summer while the courtyards act as green lungs and chimneys for cross ventilation. These water streams also act as mirrors that reflect light on the walls and ceilings, elevating these spaces to another dimension.

AQUA is rooted in the foundations of my architecture, which is humanistic and born from my love for natural materials and their relationship with light. This passion for creating homes with the people who will inhabit them at the centre of the focus involves understanding the place, orientation, lifestyle, the relationship between spaces, and the powerful light that we have in our area.

Manuel R. Moriche
“Projects where nature, spaces, natural light and a personal lifestyle connect to create sustainable homes – this is our commitment”.

The 15 is a gated community in La Gran Reserva, Sotogrande, featuring unique sites for your dream home.

Each property is set on approximately half a hectare, enjoying a setting amplified by their ‘cliff-hanging’ design.

Each residence includes options to our concierge lifestyle and property service, providing our residents the perfect conditions to enjoy their leisure time.
Architecture integrated with nature
The plots invite interaction between the architecture and its immediate natural environment to create different distinct spaces.

The inner and outer limits of the building are based on structures that develop from the inside to the outside, capturing the landscape, incorporating it into the building, and creating the ideal resort living space.

At The 15, the architecture is integrated to maximize views, where harmonization from inside to outside is seamless.