[vpm estudio de arquitectura  - Buoyant Retreat RM - COVER IMG] Photographer: Yoshihiro Koitani

Buoyant Retreat RM

Firm LocationCDMX, Mexico
Project locationCiudad de México, México
Companyvpm estudio de arquitectura
Lead ArchitectVanessa Padilla Mena
Design TeamManolo Rubín, Anthony López

With the intention of creating a floating habitable volume wrapped by the surrounding foliage; refuge from parallel constructions; a concrete/steel/wood amalgam emerges embracing the large ash tree, engine of the project. Imagined as a continuous discovery, the journey begins through a path of exuberant vegetation dissolving the presence of a series of inclined columns that support the seemingly weightless volumes. Concrete, wood and steel configure interior and exterior spaces materializing the subtle frontier which delineates this buoyant retreat.