Mexican studio BAAQ has arranged the Casa Naila holiday home on the coast of Oaxaca into four blocks around a cross-shaped patio so that all rooms have views of the sea in more than one direction.
Casa Naila, which is named after a traditional song from the region of Oaxaca, is located in the village of Puertecito on a small peninsular that juts out from the Mexican coast into the Pacific Ocean giving the holiday home multiple sea views.
This location was the driver for both the house's form and the materials that it was made from.

"Through architecture, we wanted to allow the inhabitant to experience this powerful and unique beach on the pacific coast, using natural elements as tools to make the house equally powerful but simple and elegant," explained BAAQ co-founder Alfonso Quiñones. "Named after a traditional song, Casa Naila honours Oaxaca, exploring new possibilities of how to inhabit the beach respecting the natural and social order of it, using materials from Oaxaca's rural architecture," he told Dezeen.

BAAQ broke the house up into four volumes that surround a cross-shaped central patio, which was designed to be used as an outdoor room.
The outdoor area contains a series of terraces and gardens as well as a swimming pool.

"Since we had two oceanfront views, a cross-shaped patio was a scheme that worked really efficiently, and it was in accordance to make the space visually more accessible," explained Quiñones. "Also, it hel...