Casa Cosmos is a concrete retreat located in Oaxaca, Mexico, designed in 2019 by S-AR.

Description
Casa Cosmos is a small house placed nearby Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
The house is composed by three main elements.
The first element is a center or hard nucleus, built with concrete slabs and columns with a brutal finish. It shelters the habitable space under the roof: a reduced program that includes one bedroom, kitchen-dinning room, living and bathroom. Each of one occupies a quadrant of an almost perfect squared floor plan.
The second element is an external grid made of concrete beams and columns with a smooth finish. They are connected to the central nucleus which allows the extension of activities of the whole house to the exterior. Generating patios, terraces, perimetral circulation and a pond. This modifies the perception of the real dimension by the experience of inhabiting the house. The third element is the roof that functions as a lookout towards the landscape. It holds a water mirror for reading the stars, constellations and the cosmos that surround us at night.
The house has a strong relation with the landscape through a skin of a mechanical wooden lattice, which also protects the house when not in use and will provide different levels of privacy when inhabited. The outer concrete grid embraces and incorporates the existing vegetation, making the points between architecture and landscape undefined and...