[Soler Orozco Arquitectos + JSa - Private Spa in Tepoztlán - COVER IMG] Aerial view / Photo Jaime Navarro

Private Spa in Tepoztlán

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Healthcare / Wellness
Firm LocationMexico City, Mexico
CompanySoler Orozco Arquitectos + JSa
Lead ArchitectSoler Orozco Arquitectos + JSa
Design Team Design Team Juan Soler, Alan Orozco, Javier Sánchez, Fernanda Leon, Elena Annunziata, Ingrid Casas. Structural engineering Clinker Proyectos / Sergio Barrios. MEP Engineering Amado Guevara, Oscar Zárate. Landscape design Paar Taller. Photography Jaime Navarro

Tepoztlán enjoys a certain mystique for its pre-Hispanic past and its reputed creative and curative energies. Ensconced amid mountains and beneath a vast sky, the infinitely green valley also has a seasonal river flowing through it. The client for this project—an avid athlete—wanted a house embedded within this setting as a space dedicated to improving people’s physical and emotional wellbeing. As its guiding design principle, the spa needed to blend into the site without impinging on the landscape, keeping the architecture out of view and recognizing the context.