PMX-01 is a residence located in the northern area of Palmares, in the province of Alajuela, Costa Rica. The site is located at a high point away from the urban center, between the Inter-American Highway and San Isidro’s hills.

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Architects: QBO3 Arquitectos

Location: Palmares, Costa Rica

Architect In Charge: Mario Vargas, Carlos Vásquez, Daniel Palma and Ignacio Vargas

Area: 911.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Andrés García Lachner

Interior Design: QBO3 Arquitectos y Marco Mora von Rechnitz

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Text description provided by the architects. PMX-01 is a residence located in the northern area of Palmares, in the province of Alajuela, Costa Rica. The site is located at a high point away from the urban center, between the Inter-American Highway and San Isidro’s hills.
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From the first visit to the site we see that it is a large flat surface and it is evident that it does not indicate any pre-established order for the project site. According to the programmatic needs of the client, everything starts with the creation of an articulation between the residence and a tennis court, a flow that begins to distort the order of the locus, but at the same time establishes connections. A fissure is generated in the terrain that breaks with the monotony and creates verticality in the plane, ...