Renovated Villa on the Yucatan Peninsula Straddles a Swimming Pool
Sometimes it just takes a bit of imagination to look past all the negatives in a dilapidated structure and see the potential in its bones. Even if there?s not much left but the original walls, these historic elements are loaded with character and help root new constructions in the past and culture of a particular setting. Xolotl House, a breezy renovation in the city of Mérida, Mexico, shows how even a series of crumbling walls can become the seeds for a brand new home ? one reborn as a tropical dream getaway complete with a glittering turquoise pool that ?floods? part of the house.
When Mexican architecture firm Punto Arquitectónico first saw the property, it was in rough condition. The jagged stacked stone walls were beautiful but needed to be patched and reshaped in some areas. Instead of putting a new roof over the entire structure, the architects came up with a novel floorpan that would enclose two bedrooms with private bathrooms, the kitchen, and the living areas while leaving a spacious terrace only partially protected from the brilliant Yucatán sun. The swimming pool weaves in between the walls and new concrete columns that stretch up to support the overhang of the roof, flowing through doorways to create several private oases. In one of these spaces, a hammock stretches above the water for lazy lounging. In another, a sheet of falling water offers entrance to a roofless circular volume, which, the architects explain, is a reference to traditional cisterns.
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