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Casa Alegría
Casa Alegría
Puerto Escondido, Mexico
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Casa Alegría
Puerto Escondido, Mexico
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Casa Alegria is a vacation rental residence located in Zicatela, Oaxaca, on the southwest coast of Mexico. This town is part of the Puerto Escondido conurbation. With a population of 45,000 inhabitants, it is a quiet place, ideal for rest or retirement. This city stands out for its beaches, its gastronomy, its orography, its vernacular architecture and its bohemian charm, characteristics that have positioned it as one of the fastest growing vacation destinations in the country.
The project is located on a plot of land within a neighborhood in full urban growth, near the beach of La Punta de Zicatela. This beach is known for its great waves, an attraction for surfers from all over the world, making it one of the three most important destinations worldwide.
It was fundamental for the client to take advantage of the conditions of this context for the development of the project. Their main desire was for the house to feel like an authentic space of rest and relaxation for the tenants. In this scenario, Casa Alegria emerged with the objective of creating a residence for vacation rentals that would generate a unique offer in Zicatela and achieve a strong sense of belonging and connection with its natural and cultural surroundings. To this end, a Mediterranean architectural style was chosen that, together with the design, would foster an active beach environment incorporating elements of vernacular architecture and local materials.
The design concept focused on maximizing openness, visual scope and the connection between interior and exterior spaces through the use of free floor plans based on cantilevered beams. The programmatic boundaries are arranged to generate private spaces that are in constant dialogue with the public spaces; on each level, the latter occupy most of the available area, creating the dynamic coexistence and habitability of a rest house.
The architectural program is distributed into three levels, which are connected by an interior and exterior staircase. The house has a wide variety of spaces, all harmoniously integrated through free and continuous circulations. On the first floor there is the kitchen, the dining room and an outdoor and indoor pool surrounded by a garden of desert flora composed of cacti endemic to the semi-dry zones of Oaxaca; these spaces are the core of central coexistence. On the second floor there is a large terrace surrounded, perimetrically, by the three secondary rooms facing the sea with views framed by fixed windows. The top floor houses the main element of the project, the master bedroom surrounded by a large terrace that functions as a viewpoint overlooking the beach of Punta Zicatela. The bedroom is configured by a double-height palapa roof that reduces the thermal sensation by up to three degrees Celsius and shelters the interior. On the exterior perimeter is the jacuzzi and a small porch that covers a dining room.
The material and finishes dialogue is one of the distinctive features of the project. The white color characteristic of the architectural style is used uniformly throughout the residence. This contrasts with the warm tones of the vegetation, the palapa and the local wood, both new and recycled, becoming the protagonist material and the element that gives a sense of belonging and connection to the area, while integrating harmoniously into the environment. The new wood is certified local parota, which is used in the columns and beams of the palapa roof structure; secondarily, it is used in the railings of the exterior staircase and in the dining room tables. Recovered wood over 70 years old from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is used in the main entrance doors and the doors of all the secondary rooms. In the interiors, the decoration is composed of local textiles that contrast with elements originating in Morocco, such as the trunks and bureaus.
The result is a vacation rental residence that is not only formally purposeful, but also environmentally sustainable. It features active systems such as solar interconnection panels that guarantee energy efficiency and palapas that reduce thermal incidence. The passive bioclimatic strategies are ventilation, orientation and openness of spaces that maintain a cool environment throughout the house and reduce energy consumption in air conditioning systems. The use of local certified and reclaimed wood helped significantly to mitigate the environmental impact of the project.
The project has had a significant impact on the area, not only because of its architectural quality and its integration into the natural and cultural environment, but also because of its influence on the development of the community. Once construction was completed, neighbors began to improve their homes and build new residences with superior architecture, which has transformed the neighborhood and generated an atmosphere of continuous improvement.
Casa Alegria has become a benchmark for the area, as it has managed to harmoniously integrate elements of vernacular architecture with a Mediterranean architectural style, positively impacting its surroundings and the local community. The openness and visual scope of the spaces, achieved in the free floor plans with cantilevered beams, as well as the views from the terraces towards the sea, are elements that generate a particular aura in the experience of the spaces of the residence, an issue described by the users as a special connection of the project with the natural and cultural environment of the area.
The project is located on a plot of land within a neighborhood in full urban growth, near the beach of La Punta de Zicatela. This beach is known for its great waves, an attraction for surfers from all over the world, making it one of the three most important destinations worldwide.
It was fundamental for the client to take advantage of the conditions of this context for the development of the project. Their main desire was for the house to feel like an authentic space of rest and relaxation for the tenants. In this scenario, Casa Alegria emerged with the objective of creating a residence for vacation rentals that would generate a unique offer in Zicatela and achieve a strong sense of belonging and connection with its natural and cultural surroundings. To this end, a Mediterranean architectural style was chosen that, together with the design, would foster an active beach environment incorporating elements of vernacular architecture and local materials.
The design concept focused on maximizing openness, visual scope and the connection between interior and exterior spaces through the use of free floor plans based on cantilevered beams. The programmatic boundaries are arranged to generate private spaces that are in constant dialogue with the public spaces; on each level, the latter occupy most of the available area, creating the dynamic coexistence and habitability of a rest house.
The architectural program is distributed into three levels, which are connected by an interior and exterior staircase. The house has a wide variety of spaces, all harmoniously integrated through free and continuous circulations. On the first floor there is the kitchen, the dining room and an outdoor and indoor pool surrounded by a garden of desert flora composed of cacti endemic to the semi-dry zones of Oaxaca; these spaces are the core of central coexistence. On the second floor there is a large terrace surrounded, perimetrically, by the three secondary rooms facing the sea with views framed by fixed windows. The top floor houses the main element of the project, the master bedroom surrounded by a large terrace that functions as a viewpoint overlooking the beach of Punta Zicatela. The bedroom is configured by a double-height palapa roof that reduces the thermal sensation by up to three degrees Celsius and shelters the interior. On the exterior perimeter is the jacuzzi and a small porch that covers a dining room.
The material and finishes dialogue is one of the distinctive features of the project. The white color characteristic of the architectural style is used uniformly throughout the residence. This contrasts with the warm tones of the vegetation, the palapa and the local wood, both new and recycled, becoming the protagonist material and the element that gives a sense of belonging and connection to the area, while integrating harmoniously into the environment. The new wood is certified local parota, which is used in the columns and beams of the palapa roof structure; secondarily, it is used in the railings of the exterior staircase and in the dining room tables. Recovered wood over 70 years old from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is used in the main entrance doors and the doors of all the secondary rooms. In the interiors, the decoration is composed of local textiles that contrast with elements originating in Morocco, such as the trunks and bureaus.
The result is a vacation rental residence that is not only formally purposeful, but also environmentally sustainable. It features active systems such as solar interconnection panels that guarantee energy efficiency and palapas that reduce thermal incidence. The passive bioclimatic strategies are ventilation, orientation and openness of spaces that maintain a cool environment throughout the house and reduce energy consumption in air conditioning systems. The use of local certified and reclaimed wood helped significantly to mitigate the environmental impact of the project.
The project has had a significant impact on the area, not only because of its architectural quality and its integration into the natural and cultural environment, but also because of its influence on the development of the community. Once construction was completed, neighbors began to improve their homes and build new residences with superior architecture, which has transformed the neighborhood and generated an atmosphere of continuous improvement.
Casa Alegria has become a benchmark for the area, as it has managed to harmoniously integrate elements of vernacular architecture with a Mediterranean architectural style, positively impacting its surroundings and the local community. The openness and visual scope of the spaces, achieved in the free floor plans with cantilevered beams, as well as the views from the terraces towards the sea, are elements that generate a particular aura in the experience of the spaces of the residence, an issue described by the users as a special connection of the project with the natural and cultural environment of the area.
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