Villa Lucia

A family villa above the cove — the pool as an extension of the terrace, set into the slope of an olive grove.

Villa with a pool among olive trees — the house seen through the branches

Location: Hvar
Year
Scope: Pool · Ionization · Automation
Pool type: Concrete, overflow
Systems: Copper-silver ionization

Challenge

The plot drops toward the cove in three terraces, and the flattest part was taken up by an old olive grove the client did not want touched. There was no room for a classic rectangular pool beside the house, and every meter of excavation meant a retaining wall as well.

On top of that: an access road 2.6 m wide and materials delivered by ferry.

Solution

We moved the pool down to the middle terrace and turned it along the slope, so that the overflow edge faces the cove. The balance tank and the equipment room sit below the terrace, in a space that needed a retaining wall anyway.

From the terrace you see the water and the horizon — not the pool edge and not the systems. Not a single olive tree was removed.