Punta Sayulita Resort, Mexico
This 33-acre residential resort community is reminiscent of an authentic seaside village.
Punta Sayulita Resort’s entire program recognizes the importance of a triple bottom line, where ultimate success is measured by economic, ecological, and community factors. The importance of creating an appropriately handcrafted and sustainable development within the host community was another focus of the master plan.
Attracted to our firm’s design reputation for handcrafting resort projects, we agreed with the developer that a best-practice and sustainable approach would drive the planning and design effort.
After determining that 62 private residences and a 1,000-square-meter clubhouse would be the optimum carrying capacity, we sought to integrate the project into the site with the least environmental and visual impact. Homes were thoughtfully sited to blend into the environment, roadways were sized to accommodate carts, and low retaining walls of local stone masonry terrace the hillsides for minimal environmental disturbance. Xeriscape landscaping promotes water conservation.
The club’s individual palapa pavilions are nestled under canopies of oil palms and gumbo-limbo trees, with views of the bay and Sayulita Village. Four single-family residential prototypes were designed in keeping with the regional vernacular.
- Project
- Resort
- Location
- Sayulita, Mexico
- Team:
- Architecture: de Reus Architects
- Developer: Contact Development Company
- AIA Design Principal: Mark de Reus
- Design Principal (Treehouse): Stephen Ewing
- Project Manager: Jason Alden
- Project Team: Christopher Strahle, Lindsey Akiona, Ian Glass, Gordon Karau, Hector Troncoso
- Furnishings for Club, Casita, Casa Villas: Rachel Horn Interiors
- Furnishings for Treehouse: Hannah Waxman Interiors
- Landscape Architect: VITA, Inc.
- Photography: Petr Miska
