Costa Rica.

Villa Avellana’s architect describes supplies reaching a service wing and moving along concealed corridors to cooking areas. The operator’s twenty-person team gives that physical system an accompanying set of roles. The residence can therefore be read through how work continues around guests, rather than treating an effortless meal as something that happens without coordination.

The hillside also remains part of ordinary use. Split levels and a separate yoga pavilion reached by an elevated staircase affect movement through the house; the description is not a step-free access assessment. The advertised boat programme adds a transition to Marina Papagayo, so the stay’s practical rhythm joins a private residence to routes beyond it.