This led to a program that was multi-use, a place to stop for your morning coffee, get your bike tuned up, and purchase new gear. The clients wanted a place they could sell top of the line cycling gear without becoming an intimidating and unwelcoming retail environment. Being distinguished cyclists themselves, they saw this as an opportunity to extend their passion into the community. We were approached by three friends to design a space along this commonly traveled route. As one descends the stairs to the main living area the sky and ocean are separated into vertical and horizontal frames before they are reunited into one complementary expansive element.Įnroute is located along West 1st Avenue, a designated bike route in Vancouver British Columbia that travels east-west along the ocean, connecting the city's core with residential neighbourhoods. The slot allows one to leave behind the desert and arrive at the ocean. The project connects them with a circulation spine that cuts the building in two. The sloping site commences with cacti and desert shrub and ends on the rocks and sand that give way to the ocean. This area creates a transition zone between the exposed deck and the interior spaces which bury themselves into the slope, where the earth acts as a heat sink that helps minimize the daily temperature fluctuations. As the sun rises and becomes relentless one can retreat to an area of the platform that is shaded by the mass of the bedrooms above. Facing east, the platform is oriented towards the sunrise. Designed to follow the horizon, the platform is a place to experience the smell and sounds of a restless ocean and the expansive sky. The work aims to integrate these strategies to the point of being essential, invisible, and indistinguishable from the architecture.Īt Zacatitos 5, living occurs on a platform perched on the rocks that dot the beach. Inspired by the minimalist economy of the hot arid climate, Campos Studio’s buildings explore desert living through simple forms given shape by passive strategies. “There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky” – Victor HugoĪlong Mexico’s Baja California coast where the desert, ocean, and sky meet, Campos Studio has completed its latest project in a series of off-the-grid modernist dwellings located in the community of Los Zacatitos. Project team/ Javier Campos + Jan Strelzig Los Zacatitos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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