The island Holbox is located in the Yucatan Peninsula. Situated within a few meters from a National Park the project is a Self – Sufficient villa for 10 people. The project integrates a water treatment plant, wind power generators and solar panels. At the same time all the covered area from the cells it is used to collect water rain.
The materials try to create a minor ecological impact on the island. From the main structure of the arbor to the palapa’s structure are completely developed with bamboo – guada and covered with palm’s trees leaves. The orientation from each cell is directly related to the wind incidence creating spaces with natural crossed ventilations and protecting it from the hurricane season. 
The Project is articulated by an arbor that is covering all the circulations creating a system that is protected from the sun incidence but at the same time remains opened to the exterior. The terraces are nothing more than the top of the arbor which increases the inner space from each cell. The project is suspended from the natural terrain 1mt, which helps to protect it from flooding during the rainy season. The founding also functions as a rain water storage which provides enough water during the whole year. This project will be culminated by the end of 2009. 
HIGUERA + SANCHEZ 2004 -2007 Works
VILLA HOLBOX, Holbox, Yucatan
Arq. Javier Sánchez Corral
Project Director: Mariana Paz Castellanos
Collaborators: Diana Elizalde, Juan Manuel Soler
Renders: Mariana Paz Castellanos
Collaborators: Diana Elizalde, Juan Manuel Soler
Renders: Mariana Paz Castellanos
External advisors: Raul de Villafranca, Arturo Romero
Villa Holbox-Reforma Entremuros Dic 2007
