Brazilian island lodge Auka Boipeba affords a novel strategy to the alfresco expertise

Situated on Boipeba, a bijou Bahian island off the Brazilian coast, Auka Boipeba is the work of São Paulo-based structure studio FGMF, which has gently inserted 20 suites right into a stretch of jungle on the sting of the seashore.

The temporary from the homeowners, veteran hoteliers Antônio Carlos Berti and Rogério Sasso (who run 4 different guesthouses on the island), was to work with native supplies. In addition they wished each suite to have an ocean view, a beneficiant balcony and a personal pool. Nearly instantly, the architects encountered an issue, realising that the one approach for all rooms to face the ocean can be to have ‘a single block intersecting the land at a clumsy angle’.

Auka Boipeba

After many iterations, the architects solved the diktat reasonably ingeniously. To please the purchasers, they stored the unique plan of stacking suites in an oblong quantity and maintained the parallelism within the inner areas, however to keep away from a monotonous uniformity within the façade, the balconies all come in several shapes, sizes and permutations. Some have pergolas or sunshades, others have concrete sun-loungers, retractable awnings or sunbathing nooks. The plunge swimming pools range in design, too, with some bordered by glass whereas others characteristic infinity edges.

Amid all that jungle foliage, there’s a midcentury Paul Rudolph-esque vibe about the way in which the oblong, all-white volumes interlock, the uniformity of the silhouette punctuated by the variations in every balcony, some dotted with native vegetation. Cobogós (perforated bricks used to construct partitions) present privateness and shade, whereas string hammocks are excellent for post-prandial siestas.

FGMF’s founding associate Fernando Forte says, ‘The design is a fancy development that explores the range of components in an uncommon approach, permitting for attention-grabbing one-off experiments, resembling a balcony utterly wrapped in cobogós.’

Unsurprisingly, the very best rooms are on the second ground, with views out over the tree line to the dappled ocean, whereas the bottom ground suites are assured privateness by the use of strategically positioned plantings. Not that visitors are confined to their suites. A bar, polygonal communal pool, solar deck and sauna will be discovered on the northern fringe of the resort simply earlier than the seashore begins – which, by the way, is the very best vantage level to catch the dawn.

Nature percolates by the area. Rainwater is harvested, and waste is filtered and composted. The spa – a beachside backyard screened off for privateness however in any other case porous to the sound of the waves – affords massages and ayurvedic therapies utilizing cold-pressed artisanal coconut oil and regionally distilled natural important oils.

The restaurant, in the meantime, is positioned behind the suite block and was conceived as two uncooked concrete slabs that appear to drift over a big backyard. On the menu are some Bahian classics, with standout dishes together with a shrimp stew risotto and yellowtail snapper ceviche, with the seafood usually sourced from the world’s coastal waters.

Within the language of the Mapuche individuals of Chile, ‘auka’ means daring, intrepid, non-traditional – phrases that not solely aptly describe FGMF’s intelligent resolution to a seemingly tough architectural temporary, however which additionally match this little Brazilian jewel to a tee.

Discover Auka Boipeba at R. Praia Boca da Barra – Velha Boipeba, Cairu – BA, 45426-000, Brazil, aukaboipeba.com.br