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Buoyant Retreat RM

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Small Architecture
Firm LocationCDMX, Mexico
Project locationCiudad de México, México
Companyvpm estudio de arquitectura
Lead ArchitectVanessa Padilla Mena
Design TeamManolo Rubín, Anthony López
Projecthttps://www.uia-architectes.org/en/news/celebrating-women-in-architecture/

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.