Studio Saxe

Caribbean Courtyard Villa

Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner

Caribbean Courtyard Villa 

Studio Saxe

ARCHITECTS
Studio Saxe

DESIGN DIRECTOR
Benjamin G. Saxe

BUILDER
Cr-eco

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Apéstegui+blair

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Saxe Lanscape

ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEER
Ciem

AREA
495 M²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Puerto Viejo De Talamanca, Costa Rica

CATEGORY
Houses

OVERVIEW

Studio Saxe weaves tropical pergola in the jungle of the Caribbean coast of Puerto Viejo, Limon.

Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner

CONCEPT

Pavilions were joined through a woven network of pergolas that blend with the jungle creating a sense of unity through an internal courtyard.

DESIGN

We designed a strategy of aggregation by creating a network of triangled pergolas that can grow or contract depending on the necessity of the client throughout the project.

Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner

This in turn allows for people to circulate and go to different rooms and private or social areas around the house while weaving through existing vegetation and jungle. Each room is a contained space that can be placed anywhere around the property.

SUSTAINABILITY

The project was conceived as a series of objects placed around the property and within existing trees, it is also placed stepping down the mountain to allow for the topographic condition to be gentle with the built architecture.

Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner

Together with solar energy generation, water-efficient systems, and passive bioclimatic design, this project sets a new example design for the tropical region of the coast of Costa Rica.

CONSTRUCTION

Through a series of repeating triangles, the house was erected modularly and each individual private or public space was enclosed through walls and glass thus creating a sensation of a network that can continue growing in time.

Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner


Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner
Caribbean Courtyard Villa
© Andres Garcia Lachner


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Studio Saxe
T +506 4030 6053
Studio Saxe
Av. 9, San José, Nunciatura, Costa Rica