Capricho is a beautiful housing project of 2712.51 ft² of construction on a lot of 4760.554 ft², the main idea of the design is to create an island-style concept within the enigmatic jungle where the construction is located.
Architecture firm
Houses Tulum
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Principal architect
Israel Pacheco
Structural engineer
Julio César Cahuich Tun
Supervision
Israel Pacheco
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Houses Tulum
Material
Tzalam wood, Steel structure, Aluminum series 80 in windows, LED luminaires with warm lighting, Chukum (typical material of the area) in the walls, Chukum in the pool
Typology
Residential › House
The project is located in a semi-urban neighborhood surrounded by a rural environment that continues having this type of constructions featuring materials such as adobe (mudbricks), exposed bricks, volcanic stone details, rustic wood, and clay roof tiles.
Architecture firm
And-Y Arquitectos
Photography
Andrea Gabriela Porquillo Cortes
Principal architect
Andrea Gabriela Porquillo Cortes, Enrique yocoyani Aguilar Licona
Design team
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Interior design
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Supervision
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Construction
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Material
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Capture One
Typology
Residential › House
Zepto: Slowly drift off into relaxation and peaceful sleep underneath the moon and the stars as you trace breathtaking constellations from the comfort of your bed in master suite of Villa Aqua.
Location
Tulum beach, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Julio Sánchez Navarro
Visualization
Gemma Renders
Typology
Residential › House
We designed an all-timber structure with the realization of creating a beautiful but raw and simple but complex interior space defined by a rational structure of 48 columns (trusses). The trusses meet at the top in compression rings (35), all of which are connected to 34 circles (horizontal members), each one representing one year of Burning Man’s...
Project name
Holon Temple
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Fernando Romero, Romain Thijsen, Liliana Viveros, Hugo Vela, Daniela Gallo, Nicholas Dolan, Jean-François Goyette, Germán Sandoval, Pablo Morales, Alejandro Hernández, Federico Serna, Libia Castilla, Adriana Merchant, Pierre Tairouz, Oscar Caballero, Ariadna Chavarria, Aldo Domínguez, José Manuel Soto, Aníbal Cárdenas, Edson Rodríguez, Armando Montiel, Jessica Valdés, Pamela Hernández, Eduardo Hernández.
Visualization
Juan Carlos Ramos
Typology
Religious Architecture › Temple
Located in the Valle de Guadalupe and Ensenada, Hotel H aims to create an extension of the ecological site on which it sits. The full development is on a 50-hectare hilly site. The hotel consists of interlinked concrete spheres and comprises a bar, business center, restaurant, lounges, lobby, and swimming pool, with pods on the periphery of this co...
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Alba Díaz, Flor Soto, Luis López, Mathiuz Loaiza, Sophie Franquebalme
Visualization
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Status
Concept - Design, Proposal
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Houses Tulum: Caplan is a residential project of 2906.256 ft² of construction located in region 15 of the magical town of Tulum, Quintana Roo. Mexico, designed by Israel Pacheco.
Project name
Caplan House
Architecture firm
Houses Tulum
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photography
Manolo R. Solis
Principal architect
Israel Pacheco
Interior design
Caplan family
Structural engineer
Julio César Cahuich Tun
Supervision
Israel Pacheco
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Houses Tulum
Material
Tzalam wood, Steel structure, Aluminum series 80 in windows, LED luminaires with warm lighting, Chukum (typical material of the area) in the walls, Chukum in the pool
Status
Built, inhabited by the owners
Typology
Residential › House
The project was in charge of FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise; a global architecture and industrial design firm founded by Fernando Romero, whose commitment to translating historic, social, economic, and environmental contexts into contemporary urban destinations has generated a positive impact in cities and communities.
Project name
Kering Mexico
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Avenida Ejército Nacional 674, Polanco, Polanco III Sección, Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Camila Cossio
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Fernando Romero, Mauricio Ceballos, Liliana Viveros, Fernando Talamantes, Armando Montiel, César López, José María Padilla
Collaborators
L+F Ilumiación, Saad Acustica, Tridim, Three
Interior design
Monserrat Padilla
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Walls: Pasta Lisso, Corev, Pintura Vinimex Toledano K05-07, Comex Floor: Hoeebeek Blanc, Tekno Step Ceiling: SoundRey R15/30 N1, Panel Rey
Typology
Commercial › Office
The Mexico City-based architecture firm AIDIA STUDIO reveals design for Tulum Train Station, planned to be built on the Tren Maya railway line in Mexico. Throughout the design journey, AIDIA STUDIO aimed to infuse the station with some of the best-known features of Mayan Architecture; symmetry, monumentality, geometrical alignment, and the use of l...
Project name
Tulum Train Station
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Principal architect
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Mariano González Silva, Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Structural engineer
Project & Calc
Material
The roof structure is a steel gridshell cladded with Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) panels on the top and laminated wood panels below
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Grasshopper 3D, Ladybug, Kangaroo, Adobe Package
Status
Anteproyecto (Schematic Design)
Typology
Transportation › Train Station
