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Playa Hermosa, Central Pacific · Sold Out · Completed 2021

Hermosa Salvaje

A private six-home community under a condominium regime, set on a gentle slope in a gated neighborhood in Playa Hermosa. Sixty percent of the lot was preserved as living forest — and that decision shaped everything else: the building footprint, the orientation, the breeze paths, the views. A five-minute drive from one of Costa Rica's most consistent waves.

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Hermosa Salvaje at golden hour — wood slat detail, white walls, and balconies framed by mango trees
Golden hour · Architecture framed by the trees we kept
6·units
Condominium
2–3·br
Bedrooms · 2.5 bath
4,900·m²
Total lot
60%
Green areas preserved
5·min
Drive to the surf
VOID
Architects
Architect
The Project

Where the Salvaje story began.

Hermosa Salvaje was the first time we set out to prove a quiet conviction: that a small condominium could give back more land to the forest than it took from it.

The lot sits on a gentle hillside inside a secure, private neighborhood in Playa Hermosa, with mountain views in every direction. We laid the six units lightly across the contour, preserving the mature trees and keeping the rest of the land — about sixty percent of it — in its natural state. What this enables is a living biological corridor that today brings monkeys, toucans, and macaws to the windows of every home.

The project also became our quiet education in patience. Converting the property into a legal condominium required us to navigate a complex regulatory process — work that doesn't show up in photographs but earns the trust that does.

By Design

The choices that shape a Salvaje home.

i.

The cool wall.

A purpose-engineered wall design that passively cools the interior. Built into the construction process from the start, it reduces reliance on air conditioning and lowers the electric load year-round — a meaningful detail in the Pacific heat.

ii.

Solar-ready, day one.

Each home was delivered pre-wired and structurally prepared for solar panel installation, allowing owners to add capacity without retrofitting. Several units have since gone solar — one is visible in our aerial photographs.

iii.

Efficient by design.

Floor plans that maximize cross-ventilation, natural light, and useful square meters — not just gross size. The result is homes that feel larger than they are and cost less to live in than they appear.

iv.

Within a gated community.

Hermosa Salvaje sits within an established secure neighborhood — privacy, controlled access, and the small comfort of knowing your neighbors. The condominium itself is private within the larger gated community.

Neighbors

And then, of course — the regulars.

Sixty percent of the land left as forest does something you can't put on a brochure: it brings life. Owners at Hermosa Salvaje have woken up to wildlife not as a special occasion, but as part of the rhythm of the place.

Capuchin monkeys Daily visitors
Toucans The Pacific's dawn chorus
Scarlet macaws In pairs at dusk
Status
Sold Out

Hermosa Salvaje is fully sold and lived in.

We've kept this page as a record of the work, and as a reference point for what we mean when we say "Salvaje." If you'd like to hear about future PGO Salvaje releases, we'd be glad to talk.

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