Mexican structure studio Taller Frida Escobedo has accomplished a seaside resort within the Yucatán Peninsula with wood visitor quarters suspended on stilts.
Often known as Boca de Agua, the complicated consists of 26 trip leases alongside the Laguna de los Siete Colores (Lagoon of the Seven Colours) in Bacalar, Quintana Roo.
“Constructed on the intersection of ecosystem preservation and well-being” the venture resulted from a “want to create a spot that contributes to environmental, social, and cultural regeneration whereas providing its visitors an equally regenerative, distinctive and stress-free expertise,” the group mentioned.
The 26 freestanding villas – together with 22 suites – operate as treehouses, lifted on pillars to scale back the environmental influence of the bottom aircraft and to boost visitors into the leafy jungle panorama.
The raised models left 90 per cent of the land intact and are designed to age naturally over time with a breezy wood pavilion construction.
Sand-coloured concrete staircases with skinny metallic railings rise to the raised models, which have shed roofs.
Sourced from a FSC-certified forest logging program, the dark-coloured native Chicozapote wooden creates a rhythm throughout the facades, which is punctuated by vertical window mullions and slatted railings.
Boca de Agua’s in-house group and native artisans used recycled wooden from a close-by plywood processor to design the furnishings inside every unit – in addition to choosing unique items from Mexican and native manufacturers together with Bandido Studio, Cacao Design, Nossara Towel and Hacha Ceramics.
Probably the most notable rental is the Masterpool Jungle Treehouse with a non-public pool and terrace. The sunshine-filled villas supply views out in each path with double-height home windows.
Taller Frida Escobedo additionally designed the complicated’s amenity areas together with a reception space and workplaces, in addition to a restaurant, bar and kitchen. These are complemented by public exterior areas together with a rooftop with a lagoon view, terraces and a pier, which all join again to the villas by curated pathways.
“With references to native tradition, the widespread areas function visible anchors within the panorama,” the group mentioned. “The expertise’s design capabilities as a contemporary reflection of the standard social centres with stone temples and wood homes of the Yucatán area.”
The pool is surrounded by emerald inexperienced subway tile and options hammocks strung throughout the water. The pier has a easy wood construction that may very well be hung with cloth for shading. The widespread areas function plush, off-white loungers that distinction the pure tones.
Following a framework of regenerative tourism, the venture works to contribute to the native financial improvement in addition to preserve the panorama during which it sits.
An on-site wastewater remedy plant ensures that no waste leads to the lagoon, and the ability teamed up with area people, nonprofit, and tutorial organizations to rehabilitate the realm’s mangrove ecosystem.
Moreover, Boca de Agua labored with the nonprofit group Mono Araña to guard and increase the pure habitat of the endemic spider monkeys, who roam the property.
The studio is led by Frida Escobedo, who was not too long ago awarded the Le Prix Charlotte Perriand for 2024. She is presently engaged on a design for an addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York Metropolis.
The pictures is by César Béjar.
Venture credit:
Structure: Taller Frida Escobedo
Design group: Héctor Arce, Rogelio Morales, José María Gómez de León, Matthew Kennedy
