05/09/2026
Imagine falling in love with a space so hard that you buy it in ruins and camp among them til you figure out what happens next. That's what Mexican-Canadian chef Ernesto K*t Gomez did with an abandoned sugar cane hacienda in Todos Santos. "I wanted to be there to observe," he told us. "To live in the building’s draft. To feel the air. I spent two months camping there. Walking around the space and imagining what it would become."
What it became is Casa Melina. With the help of rising-star architect Yashar Yektajo, Gomez took inspiration from a towering cactus and Maria Ignacia Melina, the last surviving member of the Guaycura people, and built a tower under the stars.
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📍Casa Melina, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 📸 Fernando Marroquin