An oasis of privacy. Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo
23/03/2023.
[Baja California Sur] Mexico
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The architects María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo have completed a sustainable architecture project in a natural environment in the desert of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The architecture is in tune with nature and a relationship is created between the urban world and the desert.
Casa Santos was conceived as a space for rest, privacy and where you can reflect. Minimalism characterizes the project responding to the great architectures that are close to the area.
Casa Santos was conceived as a space for rest, privacy and where you can reflect. Minimalism characterizes the project responding to the great architectures that are close to the area.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Site plan. Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo.
Ground floor plan. Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo.
Sections. Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo.
María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo create a refuge in the desert thanks in part to the choice of materials, the walls function as insulators from the temperature to maintain an ideal climate. Thanks to the recycling of construction waste, it also becomes a sustainable project while creating a different and innovative aesthetic.
Four modules of 25m² each are projected, they have a floor where we can find a room with a kitchen and three rooms with individual bathrooms. Outside there are three patios, one of them looks at the sunrise, a central patio and finally one where we can find a swimming pool and a solarium.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.Four modules of 25m² each are projected, they have a floor where we can find a room with a kitchen and three rooms with individual bathrooms. Outside there are three patios, one of them looks at the sunrise, a central patio and finally one where we can find a swimming pool and a solarium.
Description of project by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo
Casa Santos tries to respond to the hypergrowth of Todos Santos, BCS, through a sustainable, resilient architecture that is in tune with the natural and urban context. It is a place of rest, reflection and daily life that participates in the dialogue between the Baja California desert and the Pacific Ocean.
It is made up of four modules (cubes) with one floor and equal dimensions: a living room with a kitchen and three rooms with individual bathrooms. Each of the four cubes is integrated into the exterior through a sliding gate that acts as a façade. From the inside, it is a window and a passage towards an architecture of geometries that unfold in the desert and the sea. From the outside, the gates reflect and multiply the structures and the landscape to the rhythm of the sun, the shadows and the moon.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
The unifying element of the house is a concrete form lightly tinted with "sunset pink." The ribbed falsework works as a structure and finish at the same time. Gutters bring geometry and visual rhythm to indoor and outdoor spaces. At the same time, the walls work as a temperature insulator in a desert that in minutes goes from hot to cold. On the facades, the ribbed cuticle casts shadows to reduce heat during the day. In a region that is seismic and exposed to ocean change, concrete becomes a refuge.
The doors of the units and of the machine areas are made with the original steel forms from the casting. The recycling of construction waste provides sustainability and a unique aesthetic dimension to the project.
Casa Santos by María Gómez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo. Photography by Jaime Navarro.
Responding to the three-story mansions that proliferate from Cabo San Lucas, the minimalism of Casa Santos wants to go unnoticed. Nor does he want to isolate himself behind a fence. The house is integrated into a community traced on an axis with three patios: one facing the sunrise, the central patio where everything points to an endemic tree, and a western patio marked by the pool and solarium.
Casa Santos opens up to the desert, to the adjoining villas and to the community spaces. At the same time, it becomes a space for silence and privacy.
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Architects
María Gomez, Héctor Coss and Giovanni Ocampo.
Project team
Design team.- Carlos Reyes, Alondra Ledezma.
Area
Each module.- 25m².
Total.- 369m².
Date
2022.
Location
Baja California Sur, México.
Photography
Jaime Navarro.
María Gómez
María Gómez is an architect who has more than 15 years in large-scale real estate development in Mexico and the United States.
Founder of multiple private companies, María Gómez is also a consultant with 10 years of experience in various fields including energy, finance and real estate, including navigating regulatory frameworks and government relations at the local, state and federal levels.
Her work is characterized by the way in which all aspects of each project are intertwined, from its strategic and financial conception, through social and governmental relations, to the design and execution of the work.
Founder of multiple private companies, María Gómez is also a consultant with 10 years of experience in various fields including energy, finance and real estate, including navigating regulatory frameworks and government relations at the local, state and federal levels.
Her work is characterized by the way in which all aspects of each project are intertwined, from its strategic and financial conception, through social and governmental relations, to the design and execution of the work.
Héctor Coss arquitectos
Héctor coss arquitectos is an architecture studio founded by the architect Héctor Coss. Along with different friends and partners, he has carried out projects ranging from high-end residential houses, offices and commercial premises, to sustainable urban development and bioclimatic social housing in Mexico and the United States.
Some of the notable works and awards of his career are the design and implementation of the first sustainable, low-impact, rainwater-harvesting residential development in central Texas, USA.
He has been a Finalist Corporate Design Finalist, AD Design Icons, and Issuer of Honor for November 2016 Architectural Digest.
He is an architect selected by CIDS - INFONAVIT among 80 other architecture studios, for research and sustainable development housing projects.
Some of the notable works and awards of his career are the design and implementation of the first sustainable, low-impact, rainwater-harvesting residential development in central Texas, USA.
He has been a Finalist Corporate Design Finalist, AD Design Icons, and Issuer of Honor for November 2016 Architectural Digest.
He is an architect selected by CIDS - INFONAVIT among 80 other architecture studios, for research and sustainable development housing projects.
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