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.
