Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside home outlined by a relaxing water characteristic on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Named Casa Mateo, Zozaya Arquitectos (ZAR) accomplished the 488-square metre residence in Zihuatanejo in 2022.
The house is positioned on one of many highest peaks of the Punta Garrabo growth, giving it views of the adjoining ocean and surrounding jungle panorama.
“The consumer wished a really minimal and clear design home from the start however with out dropping the vernacular and conventional structure,” ZAR director Daniel Zozaya instructed Dezeen.
“We have been additionally impressed by conventional Japanese structure in some design options.”
A sloped highway leads as much as the property, the place an out of doors staircase flanked by stone weeping partitions opens to the central courtyard and first rectangular reflecting pool, oriented perpendicular to the ocean.
The home consists of two rectangular concrete kinds with broad roof planes.
The non-public zone with three bedrooms and bogs is to the left of the doorway, which is characterised by a coffee-coloured parota wooden display and a cotton fisherman’s internet hanging rope.
To the proper of the doorway – denoted by a floor-to-ceiling sliding glass wall and white deep sea coral sculptures – are the social areas.
“I wished to carry little fragments from the habitat into the inside design by fastidiously curated objects,” Zozaya mentioned.
Native stone partitions, metal accents and Volcani ground tiles create a monotone gray palette in the lounge, eating room, and kitchen areas that open onto the terrace.
A stainless-steel pergola with native tree branches and polycarbonate offers shade for the massive grilling space subsequent to a sunken seating house.
The first ensuite opens onto an infinity pool with a two-sided waterfall edge that appears out towards the ocean. The pool was constructed round a pre-existing tree.
The supplies have been chosen primarily based on high quality, native availability and longevity, whereas the tones “coexist organically with the pure surroundings.”
“The water options play a extremely necessary position in the home as a result of they carry the zen mode and ambiance and divide the social with non-public areas,” Zozaya mentioned, noting the usage of water to evoke calmness.
“The challenge resumes passive bioclimatic methods by cross air flow in varied areas, adapting to the seaside state of affairs of the realm,” the studio mentioned.
“Inexperienced roofs have been carried out, with the thought of mimicking the encompassing vegetation, lowering paved surfaces, in addition to producing thermal consolation contained in the residence.”
Based in 1986 on the Mexican Pacific coast, ZAR is understood for its residential seaside tasks. Lately, the studio accomplished a cliffside house with a thatched roof construction and a vacation house with a bamboo display – each in Zihuatanejo.
The pictures is by Cesar Belio.
Undertaking credit:
Architect in cost: Daniel Zozaya Valdés
Design workforce: Enrique Zozaya, Saddam Otero, Jesus Lopez, Luis Alonso, José Antonio Vázquez, Ana Karen Cadena
Inside designer: Sara Campos
