Joe Fletcher

Hotel Mar Adentro Cabos in Mexico by Miguel Angel Aragones

The Hotel Mar Adentro in San José del Cabo, Mexico, is a 200+ room hotel designed by Mexican architect Miguel Ángel Aragonés.

Located along what is described as “the purest, most minimalist landscape a horizon could have drawn.”, the hotel sits on a little over 47 000 sqm of property, and is characterised by a minimalist aesthetic comprising clean, white boxes or volumes that appear to be floating as they are arrayed along a still, man-made water feature, which borders the entirety of the project.

Each of the floating volumes open out to the sea offering breathtaking views that can be enjoyed either from a balcony or through the large, frameless floor-to-ceiling windows that typify the guest rooms and other spaces. Its almost as though each room contains a piece of the sea.

The buildings are, essentially, modular, offering a versatile structure that was factory-made. The modules are such that they could be sub-divided or added onto to serve either autonomously or as part of another structure, such as guest rooms or other ancillary facilities. The entire interior structure was prefabricated and shipped to the site where it was assembled by local hands. In a question of days the first room was ready.

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DRAWINGS AND IMAGES COURTESY ARCHDAILY,  CONTEMPORIST

PROJECT DETAILS

  • Architects: Miguel Angel Aragonés
  • Location: San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  • Architect in Charge: Miguel Angel Aragonés
  • Design Team: Miguel Ángel Aragonés, Juan Vidaña, Pedro Amador, Tadeo López, Rafael Aragonés, Alba Ortega.
  • Area: 47082.0 sqm
  • Project Year: 2016
  • Photographs: Joe Fletcher
  • Collaborators: Antonino Trinidad, Ana Aragonés, Fernanda Kurth, Manuel de la O., Diego Amador, Axel Hernández
  • Structural Engineering: José Nolasco
  • Constructor: Jorge Flores, José Torres
  • Heads of Labor Work: Severiano Torres, Roberto Torres
  • Intelligent System: Control 4.
  • Especial Engineering: High Tech Services
  • Kitchen: San-Son
  • Uncovered Area: 26,454.77 sqm
  • Lighting: Taller Aragonés, Ilumileds.
  • Glazing and Sliding Windows: Taller Aragonés, Javier Rivero
  • External Roller Blinds: Deko System Group (Model System Italia)
  • Wardrobes and Closets: Poliform,
  • Interior Furniture: Poliform
  • Exterior Furniture: Exteta
  • Water Systems: Swimquip

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