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Guesthouses
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
2013 - 2015
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
2013 - 2015

We have designed a series of guest houses on a lush green sloping site in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, next to the checkerboard house. Instead of consolidating the guest rooms within one building, each one is treated as a small house on its own. They are placed strategically around the shared main house. Each one offers multiple views of the Atlantic as well as the Caribbean Sea. At the same time, the houses are invisible to one another, hiding in the thick greenery. They become person retreats. The six guest-houses are treated as an iteration of similar structures. Like the checkerboard house they are based on simple reinforced concrete frames. Every structure consists of three such frames, each of which houses a sculptural furniture infrastructure for the bedroom, bathroom or living area. In each guest- house, the frames connect in different constellations reacting to the topography and the ocean views resulting in varying L-shaped houses, a slender tower and a horizontal bar. A thin, fabric-reinforced arched canopy-roof covers each frame, offering protection from sun and rain.
FAR Frohn&Rojas + Skene Catling De La Peña
Project Team: Marc Frohn, Charlotte Skene Catling, Mario Rojas Toledo, Max Koch, Maria Martinez Ureta, Carolina Hito, Svenja Geske, Julian Cardenas, Vivian Ho, Tristan Prange, Jean Araya
Consultants: Haskins Robinson Waters, ME7
Project Team: Marc Frohn, Charlotte Skene Catling, Mario Rojas Toledo, Max Koch, Maria Martinez Ureta, Carolina Hito, Svenja Geske, Julian Cardenas, Vivian Ho, Tristan Prange, Jean Araya
Consultants: Haskins Robinson Waters, ME7





panorama and ocean views from one of the six guest houses

series of guest houses
each iteration consists of three concrete frames and canopies
each iteration consists of three concrete frames and canopies




elevations


