3 4 The site for Mar Adentro-eight acres of land along the coast of the Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur-offered nothing, and at the same time, everything Mexican architect Miguel Angel Aragonés needed. "I have always imagined that an oasis is obtaining the counterpoint of a site, what psychologically creates more drive," explains Aragonés, who is also the owner and developer of the project through his company Grupo Encanto (this is Encanto's second property; the first is in Acapulco). "In Mexico City, the contrast could be finding a haven or refuge, whereas in Cabo that necessity is water." Fittingly named "the sea inside," Aragonés' minimalist architecture and design-inspired by the pure desert-meetssea horizon he saw when he first visited the property-"makes the ocean stand out, brought into the foreground." A series of white box-like volumes angled toward the sea seem to float on the surrounding pools of 146 September 2016 hospitalitydesign.comhttp://www.hospitalitydesign.com