This beachfront villa in the Mexican beach town was designed by local studio Colectivo Lateral Architecture. A tranquil meditation room overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it is illuminated by a large circular skylight. Perched above the Pacific Ocean, the region has long been a popular holiday destination due to its sandy beaches and warm climate.
Beyond satisfying an architectural function, the program of this residence responds to a superior need: the holistic quest of full communion and interaction with the enveloping and traversing nature.The two interior volumes are connected by a passageway, which proposes a path full of contrasts and surprises: at times it is possible to contemplate the garden, the sea and even some plays of shadows produced by the gray concrete and the red tepetate in complicity with the light. This corridor leads to the stairs that head to a gazebo where it is possible to contemplate the sky, the stars and the immenseness of the ocean.
The residence has two bedrooms, bathrooms with interior gardens, a studio, a multi-purpose room and an extraordinary meditation area with ocean view. Due to a remarkable circular opening in the deck of this room, the rain, the wind, the light and the natural habitat are freely and fluidly integrated in this space. Also, a swimming lane integrates into the pool and operates as an alternative access to this area while it dilutes the limits between interior and exterior spaces: there are no borders, the inside is the outside.
- Architect: Colectivo Lateral Architecture
- Photos: Claudio Napolitano
- Words: Qianqian