Nalu Resort in Costa Rica, Caribbean Coast Building, Architecture Images
Nalu Resort in Costa Rica
Hotel Project in Nosara, Costa Rica, Central America ? design by Studio Saxe Architects
8 Aug 2017
Nalu Resort
Architects: Studio Saxe
Location: Nosara, Costa Rica
Jungle yoga and forest dwellings combine in Costa Rican eco resort

Studio Saxe has completed a boutique hotel and yoga studio set into in tropical landscape of Nosara, Costa Rica. The project is another in a long line of sustainable buildings from the practice that blend contemporary design with local craftsmanship, embracing the natural environment that surrounds and frames the architecture.

Nosara has become a destination for visitors from around the world for health, wellness and surfing and so the owners of Hotel Nalu-Nosara, Nomel and Mariya Libid, wanted a design that reflects the attitude of their guests. The yoga studio, which has also become incredibly popular as a multipurpose gym space, is enveloped by lush vegetation on all sides and therefore becomes a jungle retreat for exercise and relaxation.
Guests at the hotel are provided with individual pavilion ?homes? rather than rooms, located just a few minutes walk from the ocean. By breaking up the mass of the traditionally monolithic hotel, the architects were able scatter living spaces amongst the trees and create a sense of privacy while surrounded by the natural world.

Each pavilion has been carefully positioned following meticulous res...