The commission had arrived while the Casa To Hotel was built in Puerto Escondido. The owner of the newly opened Ensign house He already had a project for that plot, but he had not convinced him, so when he saw the new hotel, he decided to ask Godefroy a proposal, which had to adapt to a budget already adjusted already a treacherous land. But the architect knew how to convert these limitations into strengths, maintaining the building Compact and functional In all its forms. The spaces start from a square plant and are configured in a loft Developed in height, marked by means levels at which the living room, kitchen, office and two bedrooms are located. On the roof, A terrace conceived as an additional being closes the set. «Despite its solid appearance, it is a fairly small building,» explains Godefroy, pointing out that he likes to work on contrasts: «That is why, while on the one hand it may seem a fortress that protects and hides, on the other I imagined it as a cabin in the forest.»
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It is quite difficult to perceive their proportions from the outside because the windows were avoided at the bottom. «In Mexicoone of the main concerns is always security and that is why we try to keep the inside secret, «he says.» Until you go through the door and reveal the secret, «he explains,» it is a bit that happens in the Islamic architecturewhere blind exteriors hide luminous courtyards beyond the door. «The vertical shape, however, with the Claraboya in the vertex and the double height roof, helps to rain light inside, even getting an atmosphere in its mystical way, which reminds of a cathedral. In contrast to the molded concrete, the architect likes to add vernacular touches like, in this case, in this case, in this case, in this case, in this case, the architect Pine wood or lava stone surfaces brutalist architecture of its buildings is a leitmotiv that we also find in his previous works, such as Casa Mérida de Yucatán.