Colombian-Ecuadorian filmmaker Alejandro Landes has completed his first built project: a tropical-modernist mansion in Miami that is currently among the city's most expensive residential properties (+ slideshow).
The 20,000-square-foot (1,858-square-metre) Casa Bahia estate on the shore of Miami's Biscayne Bay includes seven bedrooms distributed across three storeys.
Completed in late 2015, the luxury property is currently on the market valued at $50 million (￡40.1 million).
Landes, who briefly swapped movies for architecture last year, envisioned the house as a "framework for living". He originally built it for himself and his family, but put it up for sale six months later.
极简抽象艺术混凝土结构使室内空间完全开向室外。
Casa Bahia的项目中，我尝试以电影制作人的视角：在某种程度上使生活和时间联系外部和内部空间。
Its minimalist concrete structure allows the interior spaces to be completely open to the outdoors.
"In Casa Bahia, I tried to do what I do as a filmmaker: frame life and time in a way that connects the outside with what's inside," the artist explained.
住宅的首层平面坐落在宽广的混凝土基座之上，提高的平面作为上层平面的露天平台。
根据迈阿密严格的建造标准，临水住宅需要架高避免洪水。
The ground floor of the residence sits beneath an expansive concrete plinth that wraps around the house. This elevated plane serves as a deck for the floors above.
According to Miami's strict construction code, properties by the water must be raised to avoid flooding.
兰德斯把这个要求视为一个在首层创造遮蔽下的巨大休息区的机会。
它的外部是能反射景观的水池，拥有精心挑选的与景观相称的装饰。
Landes took this as an opportunity to create a vast shaded lounging area on the ground floor.
It features reflective pools and carefully chosen finishes that complement the landscape.
From this area, a dramatic white staircase slopes gently up to the house's main living area, where a double-height living space serves as a gathering point for residents and their guests.
This expansive room enjoys direct access to a deck that extends the home outside.
顶层包括更多的私人空间，包括一套包含厨房和便利设施的独立套间。
住宅内设计了定制的最小的家具和装修。
The top storey contains more intimate spaces, including a standalone suite that contains its own kitchen and amenities.
The house was designed with bespoke, minimal furnishings and finishes.
"There is a narrative woven through Casa Bahia in the way each stone has been laid, each artisanal fabric has been sewn, each piece of reclaimed wood has been carved," said Landes.
"Only things made well can be laid bare to reveal their essence."
Landes completed the project in collaboration with local architect Jerry Gavcovich.
The interiors are by Landes' mother, Catalina Echavarría, whose practice as a designer influenced the filmmaker from a young age.
被母亲那样多产、激励人心的设计师影响着，我花了很多业余时间在建筑工地，设计师解释说。
我被高贵的材料所吸引，他们能显示出内在本质——那里是有感情的。
"Having been raised by a prolific, inspiring designer like my mother, I spent a lot of after-school hours on construction sites," he explained.
"I'm drawn to noble materials that reveal their inner characteristics — there is emotion there."
Tropical modernism is a popular aesthetic in hot and humid climate such as Miami's. Other examples of projects that have embraced the style include a low-slung residence that is sheltered by a facade of wooden shutters and a rainforest retreat by São Paulo-based studio MK27.
