The reduction in the number of settlements and the congregation of the population in towns and republics of natives was a Spanish strategy to control the original inhabitants and their habitable spaces. In the case of the domestic space, these policies confined and constricted it in lots or land perfectly delimited, located next to each other and around a square. This with the intention of regulating and monitoring what was happening within of it and modify the Mayan way of living. In cultural and spatial terms, this event signified a violent change in the environment and context. On the other hand, the shape and characteristics of the space or plot assigned by the Spaniards possessed the conditions for a “WesternWestern” way of living; however, the cultural and spatial structures of the Maya were employed and readapted to the new circumstances, consequently creating a new housing model: the Mayan solarMayansolar. In this sense, the solar can be considered an exaptationExaptation that, in addition to spatial and functional aspects, includes cultural expression in a new form. This is an example of how human creativityCreativity promoted change while simultaneously preserving material, cultural, and symbolic structures without necessarily seeking perfection. Thus, the Maya domestic space becomes a guardian of dwelling that has demonstrated great resilience to cultural challenges over time, both in the colonial periodColonial period and subsequently in modernity. So much so, that currently, we can recognize some of the spatial characteristics derived from ancient Maya dwelling.