Casa La Punta, Nayarit House, Punta Mita Residence, Mexican Architecture, Images
Casa La Punta in Nayarit
Modern House on the Beach, Mexico – design by Elías Rizo Arquitectos
10 Apr 2017
Casa La Punta
Location: Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico
Design: Elías Rizo Arquitectos
Casa La Punta

Casa La Punta is the home of an unusual client with a keen eye for design. It was built in Punta Mita, a few paces from the sea, in the coast of Jalisco.

The client explicitly requested that the house break away from the regionalist aesthetic that characterizes most houses built in the vicinity. Instead, she wanted a house made of simple, unassuming volumes that would be in a constant open dialogue with its context; she was actively involved throughout the design process of the house; she was responsible for all interior design and he contributed with invaluable technical creativity.
The complex appears to be a series of man-made constructions, as much as a landscape of scattered objects shaped by nature over time. It is organized into three modules with different functions and varying degrees of openness and permeability.

The entry module contains all service areas and houses a double height space that serves as a workshop. The main module encloses all living spaces, public as well as private. The third module consists of an elongated concrete portal with an open terrace, close to the sea.

A straight pathway built from solid tropical wood planks crosses the entire site...