Tepoztlan Lounge, Mexico Living Space, Mexican Architecture Design, Garden Pavilion
Tepoztlan Lounge, Mexico
Contemporary Mexican Living Space Development – design by Cadaval & Solà-Morales
29 Apr 2018
Tepoztlan Living Quarters
Location: Tepoztlan, Mexico
Design: Cadaval & Solà-Morales
Tepoztlan, is a small town nestled between rocky cliffs located to the south of Mexico City, 50 kilometers away from the vibrant metropolis. With its well preserved historic center and wild countryside, Tepoztlan is a town of legends and deep cultural roots that has been appreciated by writers, poets, artists and musicians over many decades, turning it into their hometown or weekend retreat.

Tepoztlan Lounge
Located in this incredible context and surrounded by an astonishing landscape, the Tepoztlan Lounge is the first building completed of a larger project that also includes a series of bungalows of different sizes and designs, which can be rented by years, months or days. The lounge is set to be a central communal space for leisure in nature, and is located in the perimeter of an incredible lawn; the idiosyncrasy of the project relies on enabling the experience of the carefully manicured lawn while promoting the experience of the wild nature existing in the boundaries of this central space.
The project is a negotiation between interior and exterior, a construction of an inbetween condition, an inhabitable threshold, which becomes the main space of the project; the limits b...