Club House Punta Lago
CLUB HOUSE PUNTA LAGO
Seijo Peon Arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
Seijo Peon Arquitectos
YEAR
2010
LOCATION
Merida, Mexico
CATEGORY
Landscape Architecture, Recreation & Training
Text description provided by architect.
Punta Lago is a 7Ha housing development with a water canal that runs adjacent to all the residential plots.
The developers provided for the Club House a plot both with access to the canal and visibility from the main entrance.
Our idea was to break with the paradigm of traditional club houses generating a building that from the access is perceived more as an ascending plaza than a building, placing most of the program over the canal, taking advantage of the natural slope.
This plaza linearly unfolds until reaching a terrace garden that functions as a space for outdoor events, and from which the entire extension of the canals is dominated.
The ascending plaza splits in one part of its journey in a manner that it integrates a ramp that goes down to the meetings room, the support areas and the terrace-pier wich serves as a living room and a space to board the kayaks that can be used in the canal.
At the bottom an arched pool crosses below the ascending plaza. This swimming pool is accompanied with a curved flower bed that relates to the geometry of the terrain and generates a vegetal curtain that provides privacy and a sense of surprise going through it.
The composition is very dynamic and expresses a strong relationship with the natural context.
It is a tropical concept best experienced in the exterior places, with a strong nautical theme …main motif for the residential complex.
