Casa Tao is Puerto Vallarta host in shape and memory

In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where the sun dictates the tempo of everyday life, the shade is not just relief, but a necessity. Tao houseDesigned by HV StudioAllows this condition as well as a practical response and a promise to calm down. Instead of chasing views, the home turns inward, looking for a deeper conversation with memory, intimacy and atmosphere.

The person in the black dress stands with a high, dark door placed in smooth, curved concrete walls under clear sky, with a tree visible in the foreground.

The project began not with architectural sketches, but also with life stories about their residents. For Gustavo, the house is rooted in the memories of its modest home in childhood in which there was a little more than the material. These early spaces have left a lesson for a lifetime: the shadow could be more than shelter – could affect the feeling of calmness and protection.

Minimalist concrete building with curved walls, sections of gravel with a large rock, and a small tree planted in a circular stain of greenery.

Gustavo and his partner Cinthia brought this sensibility, together with a common fascin with Japanese architecture, in short for Casa Tao. A family trip to Japan is improved in admiration of ways in the way minimalism and silence are orchestrated in a built space. “We would like us to feel like living in the Japanese Museum,” the owners were shared. Their desire was not to be literally played literally, but to create a home who conveyed the same peaceful discipline – an environment in which everyday life could feel a measure, contemplative and open for subtle detail.

A person in dark clothes stand on a light wooden floor in a minimalist yard with curved concrete walls, trees, rocks and pebble samples, observed from above.

The HV Studio reacted with a design dealing with pulling and outdoor. The house is decorated around the nearby beach shaded with mature trees. Instead of directly exposed to the intensity of the coastal sun, the building bites its own attitude towards the landscape, which allows for a higher and filtered presence rather than full exposure. This diagonal approach to a framework of life in the house, as if architecture herself looked silently instead of demanding attention.

A woman walking in a black dress.

The person in black clothes are sitting only on a bright stone platform near a large rock, with a dark water pool at the top of the image, observed from above.

A woman in a black dress stands in a minimalist concrete yard with gravel, a large rock and a small tree under clear sky.

Spatial appearance separates the functions on two floors. The bedrooms, service spaces and garages take up higher level of land with a sense of privacy. Above, warms with double height, which contains social areas lightly, surrounded terraces that open towards roofs and an open sky. From these elevated platforms, experience is intended for thinking, with a social life that are shielded away from the street, instead of entry in wind, flower scents and filtered light.

The narrow rectangular pool is placed between two high concrete walls, with a large stone on the thin floor in the foreground and trees visible outside the pool.

Intimate zones are arranged around the yard, where the silence and air are given priority. The curved inlet wall leads to visitors slightly inward, which led to a tree that greets them as a living sculpture. Additional trees are planted on the terrace, bringing a part of nature into each skill point.

The narrow pool of water reflects minimal concrete walls and a large rock, creating a symmetrical, serenity architectural scene under clear sky.

A modest swimming pool, located between concrete walls, reflects the natural light and the environment.

Minimalist interior with concrete walls, wooden furniture, table for dining room with chairs, salon chairs, bench and soft natural light.

Material, Casa Tao works with restrained. White surfaces capture the glow of the Pacific sun, while concrete softens its glare, holding light in more dimmer nature. The textures are tactile and time should have been given. Inside, the same materials continue with concrete linings by most surfaces. Modern wood furniture is evaporated with black detail and reduced back, relying on Japanese aesthetics requested by homeowners.

Minimalist dining room with wooden table, six chairs, naked branches in white vase, concrete walls and large windows that indulge in natural light.

Minimalist room with concrete walls, wooden furniture and neutral tones; The blurred person stands near the corner, and natural light enters through a high window.

The black and white cat sits on a concrete staircase, illuminated by natural light that comes from above in mostly shadow, minimalist space.

One stone is placed on the floor at the end of a narrow, poorly lit concrete corridor with a light that enters the upper opening.

A minimal bedroom with concrete walls, bed and large glass door opens a small yard with wood and greenery.

The minimalist yard with concrete walls has a small tree surrounded by pebbles, a large rock and some low green plants.

Minimalist bedroom with concrete walls, low bed and glass doors that open small, closed courtyards with a large rock and rare gravel.

Minimalist concrete yard with pebble countries, large rocks and openings above which reveal wood and blue sky.

Minimalist bedroom with concrete walls, simple bed, wooden floor and large glass doors that open a small prisoned yard with pebbles and one rock.

Curved concrete wall with visible traces of screws, pebble countries, a large rock and natural light that cast soft shadows.

The minimalist reading of reading has a wooden bench with open book, small wooden chairs, built-in shelves and concrete wall soft upper lighting.

Modern concrete building with large black metal doors, minimal windows and rare decoration with trees and shrubs along the sidewalk.

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To learn more about Casa Tao and HV Studio, visit hv-studio.com.

Photography Hugo Tirso Dominguez, Cesar Belioand Gustavo Kuirozkindness v2com.
Saw Mavix and Hugo Tirso Dominguez.

Caroline Williamson is the editor-in-chief of design milk. It has BFA in a photo with SCAD and can usually be found searching vintage trenches, working in the transverse words of the New York Times in the pen or processing playlists on Spotify.



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