The client, a young businessman from the area, needed to build a hostel where he could host visitors and at the same time live in it. The program consisted of 4 en suite guest rooms, a private residence, a commercial kitchen and restaurant where guests could taste the local cuisine.

The site chosen for this project is a 720 m2 property with lots of natural shade and several native trees, located a few blocks from the sea. A clearing in the center of the site proved the ideal place to site the project without removing existing trees.

The difficulty of the project lay in ensuring the independence and privacy of the different activities that were to take place in just a few square meters built. The solution found was to divide the project into three independent buildings, scattered on the ground and connected to each other by natural trails: one for the rooms, one for the house and one for the restaurant. Dividing the program into three units avoided having to remove existing trees and thus respecting the characteristics of the site.

The client, a young businessman from the area, needed to build a hostel where he could host visitors and at the same time live in it. The program consisted of 4 en suite guest rooms, a private residence, a commercial kitchen and restaurant where guests could taste the local cuisine.

The site chosen for this project is a 720 m2 property with lots of natural shade and several native trees, located a few blocks from the sea. A clearing in the center of the site proved the ideal place to site the project without removing existing trees.

The difficulty of the project lay in ensuring the independence and privacy of the different activities that were to take place in just a few square meters built. The solution found was to divide the project into three independent buildings, scattered on the ground and connected to each other by natural trails: one for the rooms, one for the house and one for the restaurant. Dividing the program into three units avoided having to remove existing trees and thus respecting the characteristics of the site.