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Osprey Nest

Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck

OSPREY NEST

Jones Studio

ARCHITECTS
Jones Studio

PHOTOGRAPHS
Robert Reck

AREA
5500.0 m2

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Puerto Peñasco, Mexico

YEAR
2008

Text description provided by architect.

Osprey Nest is located in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. Designed to reflect its natural surroundings and culture, the home also explores shadows and materiality. More photographs and drawings of this residence by Jones Studio following the break.

Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck

Osprey Nest is the expression of a return to fundamentals, the exploration and subsequent interpretation of what an architect has learned.

For example, the basic courtyard house is more about "finding" the secret garden than a program surrounding an outdoor space.

Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck

It is about the lure of reflected light from an unseen source as it beckons one to enter. It is the untouchable sky made tangible by the context of a parapets edge.

The arch is used in the home as a space beyond an outline, the sunlight finds its dance partner, the brick finds its vault and the view thanks its gentle frame.

Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck

For example, the basic The highest point of the beach house roof there is a ragged sculpture of glass and steel respecting the indigenous image of a vernacular construction.

This design decision was made to reflect the local bird life, the osprey.house is more about "finding" the secret garden than a program surrounding an outdoor space.

Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck

Almost as large as an eagle, this majestic coastal bird builds its huge nest high in the local power poles. The nest is an architecture of scavenge material such as twigs, grass, string, rope, scraps of colorful fabric, strips of plastic all dangling randomly from the poles wooden cross members and sparkling glass insulators.

The design also opted to leave the rebar exposed, as an obvious reference to local tradition as well as for the playfulness of the shadows.

Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck


Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest
© Robert Reck
Osprey Nest


Osprey Nest
Ground
Osprey Nest
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