Pousada in Bahia has 20 different types of private balconies

The rooms at Auka Inn were designed for a couple to enjoy the space with a view of the sea together in different ways – all because all 20 balconies of the suites in this project are different! There are covered areas, water fountains, a lookout, cantilevered pools and even an area built with cobogós. Designed by the FGMF office – part of the CASACOR cast –, the development has more than 12 thousand m² and is located in Cairu , an archipelago near Salvador (BA). The plot of land is rectangular in size, with the smallest portion facing the sea and plenty of native vegetation, in a privileged location in terms of views and surroundings. The clients, who already have extensive experience operating four other inns in a nearby tourist city, had as their main demands: rooms facing the sea and the use of construction with cast- in-place concrete and masonry, given the difficulty in getting other types of materials to the site, such as metal structures, wood and the like. "When thinking about how a couple could use a room on vacation, we discussed how this experience could be stimulated in different ways by architecture and many ideas came to the surface, in many different configurations. We decided at that moment that all the rooms would be the same, but all the balconies would be completely different from each other ," says the office.

Using pre-defined materials, the professionals created the various elements that make up these balconies, sometimes covered and sometimes uncovered, such as pergolas, swimming pools in different shapes, benches, sun loungers, planters, water spouts, hammocks, cobogós and others. "Based on these items, the variations are expressed on the façade", they explain. The result is almost a complex construction that explores the diversity of elements in an unusual way, allowing for interesting specific experiments, such as a balcony completely wrapped in cobogós, a lookout, swimming pools with shapes designed for a couple, and so on. In the rear portion, there is a games room, restaurant and access to the rooms, amidst dense landscaping, which over the years will completely envelop this section, separating the project into a forest area and a pool-sea area.