Measuring is human, all too human. A stubborn attempt to impose boundaries on the unfathomable. The One Bedroom Suite King Lopesan Caoba Lagoon Hotel challenges that assumption: its 107 square meters are a number, of course, but also a metaphor. The floorspace expands beyond belief, and not because the size of the bedroom and separate living room cannot be measured, nor because you cannot count the hours you spend in the sun on the spacious terrace or balcony, which is open to the tropical landscape, nor because of the dreams you’ll have in the king bed even before you close your eyes. No.
It transcends because the One Bedroom Suite King Lopesan Caoba Lagoon is designed to alter the perception of space and time—earth-toned interiors, hardwood furniture, natural textures that interact with the light as if it were another guest. The two bathrooms with their rainfall showers seem designed to remind you that even stillness can have a precise architecture. Meanwhile, the free-standing bathtub in the larger bathroom invites you to enjoy a true sanctuary of peace.
Time, far from being a stable parameter, is an elastic phenomenon that compresses when you’re enjoying yourself and expands when you’re waiting for something. This suite does the opposite: it expands when you’re enjoying yourself, magnifying it. When you’re happy, time will seem eternal here. The space, which also includes air-conditioning, a 50-inch TV, a minibar replenished daily, a direct-dial telephone, a safe, a large wardrobe, and daily cleaning, becomes an experiment, and what seemed like a suite reveals itself to be an emotional space, a laboratory where the body rediscovers itself intimately.
Measuring is only a temporary agreement with the truth. It makes us believe that we are in control, that we can encapsulate immensity within a number, that a space can be explained with an exact figure. But there are places that disprove this idea, and the One Bedroom Suite King Lopesan Caoba Lagoon Resort is one of them. A place where numbers obey, but do not rule, where the experience, at last, exceeds all measure.