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«Consult the genius of the place in all». This phrase by English landscaper Lancelot «Capability» Brown (1716-1783) summarizes the values of this magnificent home: commissioned by the Cisneros family to Alcock, where «the place becomes the revealing mechanism of its own hidden wonder» (Larrañaga, Enrique: Reflexiones tropicales. Pag. 8). Hidden behind a straight blind wall -resembling a fortress- intersected by a volume, the first dazzling thing upon entering is the natural landscape. The house disrupts traditional typologies, grasps the place and interprets it, in the presence of the Ávila, into a harmonic group made of shapes built with solid brick walls, producing courtyards, textures, water, pergolas, vegetation, ground and landscapes. The inside social areas are intermediate spaces defined by the roof, without doors or windows, where there is continuity between construction and nature. La Ribereña is an example of skill in the art and handling of brick, where you see the hand of the master craftsman, the master worker and the carpenter, guided by Alcock’s pragmatism and building mastery. Burle Marx’s landscaping, water fountains and Calder works complete this architecture of spatial sequences. This villa in the tropics is a notable example of one of our best contemporary architect’s patient and personal search. The villa was awarded in the VIII Biennial of Architecture.
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