The architect takes advantage of the proximity to the sea to orient the main areas of the house with views towards it. The different lattices and roofs that make up the project generate a transition between nature and housing, this is achieved using typical materials of the area such as tepeaca marble, wood, parota and stone from the region.
Description of project by Manuel Cervantes
Punta Ixtapa is a project located in Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, which is carefully inserted into the site and its surroundings; The design guidelines were at the beginning, making the most of the topography of the land, the views, the vegetation, the cross ventilation, natural light and the orientations. Based on the analysis and consideration of each of these elements, a series of spaces were articulated according to an architectural program, which has direct contact with the outside, ensuring privacy with the neighbours.
The orientation of each space was an important factor to consider the solar incidence, for this, the different covers and the use of sliding lattices also allow greater privacy, creating shaded spaces that provide greater comfort; That is why an integral part of this project is the landscape design, which generates a marked transition between the building and nature.
The main area of the house and coexistence visually extends towards the sea, the hot climate of the region allows to open the spaces and dispense with enclosures in this area, which allows enjoying the outdoors and the vegetation that surrounds / frames it; This space is achieved through a metal and wood structure that makes up a pergola, which gives it warmth and integrates an aesthetic with the place. The various sunken rooms generated with the topography of the place, create different environments related to each other with the environment.
The architectural program is made up of a social area, which integrates the living room, dining room and sunken spaces as a multipurpose space that allows interaction between them. The bedroom area has a terrace protected with vegetation to generate privacy; the master bedroom, as well as the bathroom/dressing room, have ocean views, which reinforces the feeling of an “extroverted, open to the climate” house.
The materiality of the house was chosen to be consistent with this area of the Mexican Pacific; Materials such as Tepeaca marble, wood, parota and stone from the region were sought. "Many times the structural solution can rule everything and if you hide it, you fall into the coating." The house exposes the structure, it does not hide it, it is part of the sensation and interaction with the environment.
