Plaza del Mar House / Alejandro D'Acosta

Casa del Mar is the retirement home for a couple, facing the Pacific Ocean on a 195 m2 parcel in La Misión, Baja California, Mexico. It consists of a simple program: two rooms, a study, a library, and a common space. In a limited area, the public and private areas had to be divided into two levels linked by the lobby. The slight slope of the terrain is used to configure the sections: the lobby remains at street level; the public area is raised to frame the views of the sea and the private area is partially excavated to generate privacy and an intimate relationship with the gardens. The construction is a complex configuration of different systems, a mixture of crafts and industry, tradition and innovation; contemporary indigenism. Site soil, metal, excavation stone, second-use wood.