Located in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, one of Oaxaca?s fastest developing touristic destinations, Casa Cova is arranged on a land piece between the Pacific Ocean and the Oaxacan mountain range of 328 ft by 115 ft on the seaside, that sits just 230 ft away from the coast. The project?s program was designed as a vacation home for two families which involved creating two different compounds of private rooms that connect through the common recreational areas.

Description
The house consists of two main parts: a large, central common area, and two parallel arms located at the side of the terrain that contain the private suites. The large-scale central volume marks the access to the house, which has two main entrances that pass through a lattice wall, which help to cross-ventilate the common spaces and create a dynamic light pattern from dusk till dawn. This central volume is embodied by a high-ceiling multi-purpose public space that contains a Living Room, a Diner Area, and a Bar. This volume also holds some of the service spaces of the house: a Kitchen, a Laundry Room, and a Machine Room, strategically placed out of the project?s main views. The volume is topped by a 100 ft. long ?palapa?, a regional cover technique made of dried palm tree leaves, that cools down the tropical temperatures, which in this area average around 850F, down to around 730F by providing shade and room for the heat to exit through the top of the structure. A system of parallel concrete...