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Casa Petra, Moraira, Costa Blanca house
10 February 2026
Architects: Reme Giner Arquitectura
Location: Moraira, Costa Blanca, Alicante province, south of Spain
Photos by Alfonso Calza
Casa Petra in Moraira, Costa Blanca, southern Spain
Architect Reme Giner unveils Casa Petra, a single-family residence in Moraira that explores the relationship between materiality and context through an interplay of stone and white volumes. The project integrates seamlessly with the local topography and climate, establishing a timeless architecture deeply rooted in its site.
Located in Moraira, an exclusive and tranquil enclave on Spain’s Costa Blanca, Casa Petra is a single-family residence spanning over 440 square meters of interior space, complemented by expansive outdoor areas, covered porches, and terraces. Designed by architect Reme Giner, the project stems from a clear conceptual premise: the alternation of stone and white volumes to create an architectural language in perfect balance with the topography, natural light, and the Mediterranean climate.
Relationship with the context
Casa Petra sits on a gentle, south-facing slope, a setting that informed a compositional strategy based on contrast and volumetric rotation. From the entrance, visitors are guided through a spatial sequence defined by natural masonry stone walls. These walls establish visual boundaries and structure the relationship between the built environment and the surrounding vegetation. This subtle transition creates an initial experience where architecture functions as a system of planes and walls, naturally interweaving the interior with the exterior.
A functional program open to the landscape
The residence is organized across two levels above ground and a semi-basement, with a layout driven by both functional requirements and solar/visual orientation.
The ground floor houses the day zones—living room, dining area, kitchen, and an en-suite bedroom—all of which open onto the porch, garden, and pool, effectively blurring the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living.
The upper volume, set back and slightly rotated relative to the base, is positioned to optimize orientation and frame specific views toward the Mediterranean Sea. This pivotal rotation creates terraces and intermediate shaded zones that soften the transition between the interior and the environment.
The semi-basement level accommodates a garage and technical areas alongside a multipurpose space, which is passively illuminated and ventilated through large light wells and windows.
Materiality and tectonics
Natural masonry stone is the conceptual and material axis of Casa Petra. With its warm, earthy orange hues and manual placement, the stone becomes a structural and expressive element, utilized in load-bearing enclosures, retaining walls, and exterior cladding. Its density and texture provide the complex with significant thermal inertia while reinforcing the home’s anchorage to the site.
In contrast, the white volumes—executed in rendered masonry over a reinforced concrete structure—introduce lightness and luminosity. The combination of these two material languages creates a balanced tectonic composition that juxtaposes mass and void, opacity and transparency.In the bedrooms, sliding louvered shutters (mallorquinas) filter solar radiation, reducing heat gain in summer without compromising natural ventilation or visual connection to the outdoors. Inside, continuous neutral flooring, minimalist aluminum joinery, and natural wood details complete a palette that is both understated and warm.
Passive strategies and efficiency
The residence incorporates passive design solutions tailored to the Mediterranean climate: setbacks and overhangs for solar control, optimized orientation, cross-ventilation, and solar protection via louvered shutters. The use of low-maintenance, high-durability natural materials, such as local stone, reduces the environmental footprint and enhances the building’s overall energy performance.
With Casa Petra, Reme Giner has materialized an architecture expressed through matter and landscape. The solidity of the stone walls, the rotation of the upper volume, and the chromatic interplay between built elements define a home with distinct character—one capable of dialoguing with its surroundings without imposing. Its vocation is one of timelessness: a piece integrated into the territory that finds its essential identity in light, matter, and place.
Casa Petra, Moraira in Alicante, Spain – Property Information
Architects: Reme Giner Arquitectura – https://remeginer.com/
reme@pascualginer.com
Project: Private Residence
Located: Moraira, Costa Blanca, Spain
Area: Interior: 443 sqm
Covered outdoor areas: 60 sqm
Terraces: 131 sqm
Suppliers
Flooring: Living Ceramics
Sofa: Fama
Coffee Table: Bespoke / Custom-made
Stools & Chairs: Ondarreta
Countertops: Living Ceramics
Photography: Alfonso Calza – with a layout driven by both
Casa Petra, Moraira, Costa Blanca house – Spain modern property images / information received 100226
Location: Moraira, Costa Blanca, Spain, western Europe
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