Geschichte nach Rubén Valdez Geschichte nach POLEN Arquitectura de Paisaje

Paradero Hotel

POLEN Arquitectura de Paisaje als Landschaftsarchitekten

What was the brief?

To bring in the natural landscape and surroundings, the desert, the farming fields, the mountain, the ocean and the natural oasis.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

What were the key challenges?

The hard work that we did with the topography and the oasis.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

What materials did you choose and why?

Mostly native vegetation, natural materials found in site such as sand for the pathways, concrete for the lights.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

 

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

In this project, we aimed to emphasize the dynamism of the natural motion of the desert by exploring and highlighting the topography created by its winds, the elements that make it a gift to the senses, its natural form of creating paths and spaces that appear and disappear as in a landscape of surprises, and we did this by keeping true to its nature and cycles.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

The desert is a land of constant change. Winds and seasons shape and reshape it, transforming its undulations, its reliefs, its fissures, its entire appearance with a single sweep of the wind. In order to emphasize its motion, we worked on a design inspired by these winds. We worked without hard lines, imagining each and every contour of its topography as if shaped by desert gusts rather than pen on paper.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

But it’s not only the winds that sculpt the desert’s appearance - water and rain, though infrequent, are the magic spell that can change the flora’s color, its smell, its texture in a matter of an instant. To assure that we could highlight this fantastical occurrence, we only used plants that are endemic to the area so that these blossoms happened naturally without the need of extra water or human intervention. This way, the guests of the hotel could experience the desert in its most real of forms, and in the practical, the project can keep its magic with the least amount of maintenance.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

Keeping with the idea of water and senses, we maintained and directed a stream of water that runs through the property to give the guests an auditory pleasure and that culminates in a fantastic spring, which transports us to a natural oasis, which refers to what happens in the place naturally, this magnificent contrast of environments that reaches all the senses And to finish the full experience, we made the paths with the softest sands of the area to encourage visitors to stride the hotel barefoot.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

The desert has a special way of revealing itself bit by bit to those who explore it. Though vast and expanse, it’s conformed of seemingly infinite and unique spaces, each with its own combination of the colors, textures and sizes defined by its plants and their ages. To recreate this in the property, we traced its paths in a way that when walked through, the guests felt the opening and closing of a variety of spots, rather than one grandiose revelation.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

This way the visitors have the opportunity to get the experience of exploring the desert when walking through the hotel. To achieve this and still maintain the comforts not always granted by a desert, we grew endemic species in a special greenhouse for over a year, and planted those young plants next to many older ones that were already in the area. This gave us the opportunity to combine different species of varying heights to simulate the natural growth in the desert, yet leave enough space for guests to move around freely.

photo_credit Onnis Luque
Onnis Luque

The most important part of the process of creating the Paradero project came from the inspiration that grew within us from our many trips to the Baja California desert. By walking the ancient paths, feeling its textures and savoring its every bit of magic, we used the plethora of information that it shared with us, to plant in every detail.

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Team:
Yektajo Valdez, BHUBER, Partr3s

Rafael Gammo

Rubén Valdez als Architekten

Understanding the surrounding landscape as a key element of the project, all the architectural decisions were taken to preserve and elevate the ecosystems present on site.

photo_credit Rafael Gammo
Rafael Gammo

A series of compact volumes along the perimeter of the plot, form an enclosed central courtyard with a 10’000 sqm low-water xerophyte garden so that each suite benefits from an unobstructed relation between the guests and the landscape. Such typology, also typical of the Californias’ Missions was developed by the Spanish Jesuits in the XVIII century seeking protection from nature.

photo_credit Rafael Gammo
Rafael Gammo

In Paradero, this historic precedent is turned inside-out fully embracing the desert. Beyond being only contemplative, the garden articulates common areas such as the living room, the restaurant and the wellness. The only common area outside of the garden is the swimming pool which features a half moon shaped deck that virtually extends into the desert.

photo_credit Rafael Gammo
Rafael Gammo

Access to the suites is made through a series of paths within the garden. The facades facing these paths are composed so that their scale and abstraction do not reveal what awaits behind. Once inside, the guests discover a carefully organized sequence of inside/ outside spaces erasing the limits between the suite and the cacti fields facing the hotel.

photo_credit Rafael Gammo
Rafael Gammo

The project is built with locally sourced beige concrete accentuated by details of tornillo wood, metal and handmade textiles, blending both the inside and outside with the surrounding’s palette.

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Material Used:

1. Facade cladding: Beige Concrete

2. Flooring: Beige Concrete

3. Doors: Hand made Wood and metal

4. Windows: Hand made wood and metal

5. Roofing: Beige Concrete

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