About Us
Cunuco “Amor”Sanctuary of Peace @ Siribana #20 in Aruba
When describing a typical Aruban structure, we can use our Cunuco Amor as an example.
This project was born at the end of the 80's, when Leopoldo Correa and Iraida Duven embarked on the adventure of building projects outside Venezuela.
Ira and Leo, seeing the potential of this wonderful ruined structure, began the restoration of Siribana (Silvana)20, a Cunuco which at that the time was already 150 years old.
The earliest settlers to Aruba built their houses with ‘caliche’, a substance found on the island, or with interlocking coral rocks, found on its shores. The shape was a simple room with small windows and a roof that rose to a peak in the center to allow heat to rise and help keep the space cool. Additions were often built side by side with similar shapes.1
In Papiamento, Aruba’s local language, ‘cunucu’ is the word for ‘country’. Cunucu houses, like the Papiamento language – a combination of Spanish, Dutch, English, French and Portuguese – were once a simple and logical way to build in this land of sun and rugged terrain, that over time, have been transformed and beautified by the many people who have inhabited them
Every corner of this home has been meticulously designed to retain its originality, leaving the feeling that something remains of those who lived it.
Siribana 20 is the fruit of years of effort, unforgettable moments and great loves that transcend time.
This is how the project of Cunuco “Amor” was born