Casa en Playa del Carmen is a residential project completed by YUPANA Arquitectos in 2014. The 2,756-square-foot home is located in Chincha Alta, Peru. The house brings a very specific requirement, since it is a typical model for the rest of houses in the condominium with a series of possible variations in design, including most importantly, its modularity and allowing under the same structural base a series of future extensions with the same final result. To achieve this, the porches and structures are proposed as a grid. The house is planned as a parallelepiped on one level, as a base, elevated one meter off the ground in order to isolate the structure from sand moisture. This volume houses basic functions and service spaces, such as secondary bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry, kitchen and living room.
According to the architects: ” From the conception of the project, we sought to create a different concept of beach house through the materials and spatial composition. For this purpose we took into account the labor resources and construction techniques of the site, optimized by specialists, to carry out the project, resulting in a house made entirely of wood, bamboo and thatch. By using local labor and resources, the construction time and budget were reduced considerably.”
