This family residence was designed to reclaim the relationship between inside and outside as well as the traditional tropical language used in Miami Beach in the first five decades of the 20 century.
The project emphasis on the transition between the inside and outside space. The living spaces stand between the courtyard and front yard, taking full advantage of the bay views and retreating at night on the serenity of the gardens. The house uses all the Architecture elements typical of the tropical weather to protect the house form the sun, they has been build using a combination of hand crafted design elements integrated with light, shadow and nature.
“At once low-stung and high-flying, simple and complex, modest and grand, this house on Miami Beach’s Biscayne
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North Bay Road I
This family residence was designed to reclaim the relationship between inside and outside as well as the traditional tropical language used in Miami Beach in the first five decades of the 20 century.
The project emphasis on the transition between the inside and outside space. The living spaces stand between the courtyard and front yard, taking full advantage of the bay views and retreating at night on the serenity of the gardens. The house uses all the Architecture elements typical of the tropical weather to protect the house form the sun, they has been build using a combination of hand crafted design elements integrated with light, shadow and nature.
“At once low-stung and high-flying, simple and complex, modest and grand, this house on Miami Beach’s Biscayne Bay sings an ode to Tropical modernism. Like much modernist architecture, the design is about solids and voids, but the ideas behind it aren’t limited to that. It embraces elements and materials – water, air, light, wood and stone – in a direct and substantial way”
“Pons sees the completed house as a “Bridge between earth and water “, and the connections are intimate.”
Tavernier Beach House
Florida Keys
The main purpose of the renovation was to establish a relationship with the surroundings that will integrate the sense of living in the tropics, taking advantage of the spaces in between the outside and inside and validating those as the desire tropical way of living
The project required a addition that was overlap to the existing and extended towards the street side creating a new and more private gesture.
“The house was renovated in a way that allows privacy from the street, but opens towards the park and the ocean. All services are located on the street side and the main living areas face the views. The main spaces are an extension of the surroundings, and treated as a canopy that allow one to be protected but with a sensation of being outside.
The aim was to
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Tavernier Beach House
The main purpose of the renovation was to establish a relationship with the surroundings that will integrate the sense of living in the tropics, taking advantage of the spaces in between the outside and inside and validating those as the desire tropical way of living
The project required a addition that was overlap to the existing and extended towards the street side creating a new and more private gesture.
“The house was renovated in a way that allows privacy from the street, but opens towards the park and the ocean. All services are located on the street side and the main living areas face the views. The main spaces are an extension of the surroundings, and treated as a canopy that allow one to be protected but with a sensation of being outside.
The aim was to re-design the ground level to become a tropical cover plaza, a plaza that would become an outdoor living room, which would also integrate nature into the ground floor, and allow the garden to pass through the space. In this specific case the tropical plaza became the main living area on the ground floor.”
Gerard Drive Cottage
East Hampton
Located on a small peninsula in East Hampton, long island, Gerard drive has become the place where some of the most prominent local people have moved to run away from the summer crows that takes over the Hampton during high season.
The project was design to provide all the practical aspects of a boutique hotel suite and preserve the calm and peace of an ocean retreat. All the functions are combine under the same roof and space, the kitchen island works as a table and divides the space in two: a bedroom and a living area. The services are on the back of the cottage: dressing, shower and office.
South Venetian Way
Miami Beach, Florida
The project retains the features of the existing 1930’s architecture, while creating the perception of unusual volume and space. Working with a palette of white colors, each volume was painted and renovated to reinforce its relationship with the adjacent one. Editing the old facade and cleaning the volumes was the main purpose of the architecture review.
An existing stock of 60 year old palm trees, white inflatable, small flags and a column of bamboo are featured in the landscape design.
Le Sereno Villas
Saint Barts
The design of the Villas was base on the idea of a generous deck protected by a series of roofs in which the living areas are display. The Villas become a vast flat expanse for sunning or entertaining. A truly indoor – outdoor structure. The rooms are spacious, simple, and airy. From almost anywhere inside or out, the ocean views are riveting.
The challenge was to provide privacy while fitting the program on 3 villas in a small lot. Making use of the lot levels and the angles, we provided the necessary privacy.
Regent Square - Launch
Houston, Texas
Design to be a free standing sculpture that will host a bar, the building suggest an airplane landing in the Regent square development. It opens it wings, increasing its high towards the main square, and reducing it towards the corner of the triangular lot shape.
The interior mirrored ceiling works as a periscope that shows the experience of the interior towards the street. A optical billboard that becomes a living lantern of entertainment during the night and a reflecting street walk scene during the day.
Regent Square - Lofts
Houston, Texas
The building was design to create a gradual tension at the intersection of two main streets.
The street corner as a place of encounter in the city is embrace by the sequences of volume gestures at different levels that hinges and create an expressive node. The building opens its facade as it moves away from the corner until it transition into the adjacent buildings. The used of different material by volume and plans emphasizes the facade intentions.
Margaritaville Hotel
Atlantic City,NJ
The essence of Margaritaville leads you into a journey of freedom, dreams and celebration. We begin to undress and as we become lighter and embark in a journey of senses and emotions. Sun, Water and wind are the mediums that draw sensual silhouettes in the horizon. Flavors and smells of Margaritas embrace our spirit and allow us to express ourselves, undressing as we travel the different veils’ that let our spirit free.
We travel among sales chasing the sunset. We swing resting under palm trees surquing with our fingers the smooth sand. We dance, we sing.
