Casa Azucar was born from a shopper’s dream to stay in a ‘liveable backyard pavilion’. Situated in Costa Rica, the brand new residence was conceived as a lush inexperienced getaway for its homeowners. Its architects, San José-based Studio Saxe, obliged, crafting a tropical retreat with a robust modern twist that ticks all the best bins. 

Casa Azucar by Studio Saxe

The property’s plot is located within the coronary heart of the city of Nosara, which meant that whereas it’s near the seashore and native facilities, the sense of seclusion and verdant environment the purchasers have been after have been probably trickier to recreate. The answer to this problem got here within the form of a small seasonal creek that runs throughout the location and serves as a wildlife hall. ‘We determined to focus our consideration on creating the feeling of a secluded oasis, merging structure and panorama design to fastidiously body all views towards the creek and the wildlife that spawned from there. The home in flip is conceived extra like a liveable backyard pavilion,’ the architects write.

So the structure crew not solely revered the present bushes and ecosystem, however sought to additional assist and enrich it, making certain the construction feels really embedded on its website and, in time, turns into engulfed in nature. This ‘bridges the most effective of each worlds: closeness to every part and solitude within the forest’, the crew clarify. 

By way of the structure, the Studio Saxe designers, headed by founder Benjamin G Saxe, are deft palms at creating home experiences that mix inside and out of doors, modern tropical modernism, and native supplies and development methods – previous examples embody the light-weight Jungle Body Home, and the newer Raintree Home, each inside Costa Rica. The identical strategy was adopted right here; the house is dominated by broad open areas with glazed partitions or beneficiant home windows, and exterior areas. 

On the identical time, the studio provides: ‘This home is a transparent reflection of our shopper’s character; [they] wished to create a clear beach-like really feel, so the colors, textures, and supplies chosen have been mild and comfortable. This strategy gave us the chance to implement a contemporary inside design that’s each genuine and rooted up to now as nicely.’

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