Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside home outlined by a chilled water characteristic on the Pacific coast.
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 shopper needed a really minimal and clear design home from the start however with out shedding the vernacular and conventional structure,” ZAR director Daniel Zozaya instructed Dezeen.
“We had been additionally impressed by conventional Japanese structure in some design options.”
A sloped street 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 varieties with broad roof planes.
The personal zone with three bedrooms and bogs is to the left of the doorway, which is characterised by a coffee-coloured parota wooden display screen and a cotton fisherman’s internet hanging rope.
To the correct of the doorway – denoted by a floor-to-ceiling sliding glass wall and white deep sea coral sculptures – are the social areas.
“I needed to deliver little fragments from the habitat into the inside design by way of 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 supplies shade for the big grilling space subsequent to a sunken seating area.
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 had been chosen based mostly on high quality, native availability and longevity, whereas the tones “coexist organically with the pure atmosphere.”
“The water options play a extremely essential function in the home as a result of they convey the zen mode and ambiance and divide the social with personal areas,” Zozaya mentioned, noting the usage of water to evoke calmness.
“The undertaking resumes passive bioclimatic techniques by way of cross air flow in varied areas, adapting to the seaside scenario of the world,” the studio mentioned.
“Inexperienced roofs had been carried out, with the thought of mimicking the encircling vegetation, lowering paved surfaces, in addition to producing thermal consolation contained in the residence.”
Based in 1986 on the Mexican Pacific coast, ZAR is thought for its residential seaside tasks. Not too long ago, the studio accomplished a cliffside house with a thatched roof construction and a vacation house with a bamboo display screen – each in Zihuatanejo.
The images is by Cesar Belio.
Undertaking credit:
Architect in cost: Daniel Zozaya Valdés
Design staff: Enrique Zozaya, Saddam Otero, Jesus Lopez, Luis Alonso, José Antonio Vázquez, Ana Karen Cadena
Inside designer: Sara Campos
