Architecture studio Main Office has renovated a 1980s seaside holiday village with traditional thatch roofs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Sayulita, Mexico.
Called Villa Peli?canos, the 20-guest holiday complex sits on a sloping site where the tropical forest meets the Mexican west coast and has access to a private beach.
Villa Peli?canos can accommodate 20 guests
Main Office, a practice based in Mexico and Sweden, redesigned the eight villas along with the hilltop communal space and swimming pool.
Thatched villas have private outdoor shower or bathtub nesting amongst the rocks and plant fronds.
A wooden yoga platform overlooks the sea
A platform for practising yoga shaped like a half-moon sits further down the hill, surrounded by jungle. Cut into the hillside, the yoga space has a retaining wall made from local stone and a cumaru wood floor. "A series of small private spaces blur the usual boundaries between inside and outside," said Main Office founders Dante Borgo and Isabella Eriksson.
"Villa Peli?canos creates a unique experience with the natural setting while maintaining a cosy, homey feeling."
Concrete outdoor bathtubs overlook the South Pacific
The villas' traditional palapa roofs have been re-thatched with palm leaves and the original doors and windows have been restored.
Concrete beds, sinks and outdoor bathtubs were cast in situ, and a new terrazzo floor laid.
Outdoor showers are cut into the rock
Mexican parota wood was chosen for interior ...