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"Flight of Fancy\nAn Organic Vacation House Connects New and Old in a Lofty Perch Above Costa Careyes\nA 61-meter-long swimming pool winds past the guest bungalows at Casa Triton, the retreat architect Marco Aldaco and associate architect Humberto Muro built next to the owners' original house in Costa Careyes, Mexico. \"We considered the land, the view and the spirit of the place,\" says Aldaco.\nThe living bungalow \"epitomizes the concept of indoor-outdoor living,\" Aldaco remarks. \"The three open sides face two gardens and Playa Teopa.\" Painted wood columns support the palapa, or palm-frond, roof.\nThe dining area, which has a handwoven thatch roof and a wall made of local stone, \"was constructed by Mexican artists using traditional methods,\" he says. Locally made chairs surround the table, which he designed. The owners purchased the pottery jugs in Guadalajara.\nThe stargazing tower, studded with pebbles, tops the roof of the media room and library structure. Aldaco planted cactuses and bougainvilleas in the garden. \"It's a mass of bougainvilleas\u2014more than 1,500 of them,\" he notes. \"Workmen had to be lowered on cables to landscape the side of the hill.\"\nA steep, curving staircase behind the master bungalow leads down to the media room.\nThe white stucco walls and polished-concrete floor of the master suite \"give it a tranquil feeling. We wanted to keep things simple and light,\" says the architect. \"There is no glass in the space, only shuttered windows and double doors that are opened during the day.\" He conceived the built-in bed and the lamp on the shelf. \"It's an integrated design,\" adds the husband. \"Everything is built in.\"\nThe sunset terrace on the suite's roof, accessed by a small bridge off the garden path, \"has a panoramic view of Careyes bay and the open ocean,\" Aldaco points out. \"It's 120 feet above the water, so birds fly by at eye level.\" The overscale four-poster daybed is his design."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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