Dune HouseGeological forms in shifting sands

On a subtly undulating stretch of dune on Long Bay Beach, Providenciales, Dune House maximises the experience of its long lot. A main two-storey house and four single-storey pavilions, some connected by covered walkways, respond to the natural topography of the site, whose dune undulations are echoed in the building’s section. Garden, patio, and pool spaces fill the lower interdune areas, dispersed through the building plan in relation to the site’s contours. 

On approach from the garden, the house has a low repose, emerging from the landscape as a gradually tiered form. From the beach, the house steps back in a steeper recline, as if shaped by the prevailing easterly winds. A simple strata of materials—a stone base and natural upper floor, separated by bands of concrete—further emphasise the house’s geological presence in the shifting sands.

Dune undulations echo through every level