BANYAN HOUSE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY COSTA RICAN WHO HAD HIRED A RENOWNED ARCHITECT TO DESIGN HIS BEACH HOUSE 30 YEARS AGO. THE ORIGINAL TRADITIONAL HOUSE HAD TROPICAL COMPONENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT INSPIRED THE RESTORATION AND LEAD TO A NEW ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF TROPICAL MODERNITY. THE CONCEPT WAS TO CREATE AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL OF RESTORATION THAT CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WE CAN BE RESPECTFUL WITH NATURE, HISTORY AND CONTEXT. WE USED BIOPHILIC CONCEPTS LIKE SEVERAL STRATEGIC GREEN-PLANTED WALLS AND ROOFS THAT ALLOW PROPER PRIVACY TO ALL THE SPACES AND ALLOW SPACES TO OPEN THE GREENERY CREATING A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXTERIOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE ORIGINAL HOUSE MAIN STRUCTURE WAS RE-USED COMPLETELY AS THE NEW BONES FOR THE NEW PROJECT AND THE A FRAME MAIN ROOF PRESERVES ITS ORIGINAL PROPORTIONS AND GIVES THE PROJECT A SENSE OF CHARACTER, RESEMBLANCE OF THE TROPICAL ARCHITECTURAL.