Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Inspired by the female form, Estudio Carroll designs the Xiqué Boutique Hotel, an eight-room luxurious logde based on the practice’s three key principles: orientation, airflow, and environmental sustainability.
The south-facing main façade offers protection against intense heat, while the west-facing rooms provide stunning views of the sea and surrounding nature.
The strategic layout of services and circulations ensures a flow of movement and functionality throughout the space, aligning our design with the natural environment and prioritizing user comfort.
The mostly open west façade, protected with palm bone doors, allows for a continuous air flow, taking advantage of prevailing winds.
Grills on the opposite side of the rooms facilitate air circulation throughout the hotel, while the staircase acts as a natural chimney to guide hot air up and out of the building.
In line with the project’s values, the creators have opted for nature-based solutions (NBS) to mitigate potential environmental impacts.
First, they have preserved the existing trees by designing the building layout to create an almost 100-square-meter free area.
In this space, wetland systems become a central element of the architectural arrangement, generating a lush garden and terrace for user enjoyment.
Through this system, wastewater produced on the premises finds optimal conditions for quality recovery through natural processes, simulating and intensifying the processes that naturally occur in mangroves, marshes, and wetlands without negatively affecting the environment.
This approach demonstrates our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and biodiversity and presents a tangible solution to environmental problems in Puerto Escondido.
Through a careful selection of materials, the project reflects local culture and sustainability.
Most of the building’s surfaces are covered with earth-pink chukum, a material that offers passive cooling and reduces heat absorption, which is also notable for its waterproof properties.
Palm bone, a predominant material in the region, is used in lattices, doors, and railings, while legally harvested macuil wood adds elegance to the interiors. Clay tiles enhance the details and cover the exterior floors.
The building’s shape was initially conceived to maximize livable space while preserving the existing vegetation on the site.
The resulting curves and contours from this extrusion produce a visual fluidity and elegance architecturally.
Project: Xiqué Boutique Hotel
Architects: Estudio Carroll
Lead Architect: Miguel A. Carroll Zopfy
Photographers: Cesar Belio
