The project is located in the hills of Los Cabos and is based on a careful reading of the climate and the surrounding context. A pair of lightweight roofs—resolved in wood and clay—organize the ensemble. Their 2.1-meter cantilevered overhangs wrap the different volumes, casting generous shadows over walls and glazing and improving the house’s thermal performance in response to the regional climate.
The house is organized into four independent volumes arranged beneath these two L-shaped roofs. Their non-orthogonal layout gives rise to a trapezoidal central courtyard, a void that articulates the entire composition. This courtyard is almost blind: of its four edges, the shortest remains unbuilt and opens toward the western mountains; another gathers the entrances to the secondary bedrooms; a third is defined by a rhythm of 20 × 20-centimeter openings that provide privacy to the main suite while filtering soft light into its interior; the final edge corresponds to the large window of the social area, the only space that opens directly onto this gravel garden at the heart of the house.
The placement of each element responds both to the relationship between program and orientation and to a constant pursuit of cross ventilation. The material palette, in dialogue with the projected shadows, ensures that the house remains cool to the touch. Resolved with restraint, the project presents itself as a monochromatic monolith of sand-colored textured concrete, complemented and softened by wood joinery and a roof of structural laminated oak.
