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Project • By Studio 3A • Private Houses
Coffee Mill
Polochic Coffee Mill Extension
Deep in Guatemala’s Polochic Valley, this project transforms part of a working coffee mill into a two-bedroom dwelling, extending the existing structure with a lightweight timber volume suspended above the productive landscape.
Anna y Margo
Anna y Margo
Anna y Margo
Anna y Margo
The intervention places the bedrooms and bathroom within the existing building, while the kitchen and living spaces occupy the new elevated extension. Opening onto a generous balcony, the living area looks simultaneously towards the surrounding jungle and down onto the coffee-drying patio, where the mill continues to operate. Raising the extension into the tree canopy creates a different relationship with th... More
Project • By Ninetynine • Hotels
Good Hotel Guatemala
Good Hotel Guatemala City
Good Hotel is a social business that champions people by reinvesting profits to help them realise their potential. Whether it's sending children to school who would otherwise not get an education, or giving adults the opportunity to retrain to work in hospitality. Their motto “Sleep good. Do good” translates to a variety of charitable projects in a simple way: the more people stay at Good Hotel, the more is devolved to support different causes. Just like the neighbouring location in Antigua, the upcoming Good Hotel in Guatemala City will support Niños de Guatemala, a foundation that was co-founded in 2007 by Marten Dresen, the founder of the Good Hotel. Niños de Guatemala provides underpr... More
Project • By DEOC Arquitectos • Housing
Plan B Guatemala
Plan B Guatemala was created in response to the disaster caused by the Volcán de Fuego eruption in June 2018. The ASIAPRODE Association initiated the project to construct 26 homes in order to cover the needs of the affected communities. In an open competition, DEOC Arquitectos came up with a proposal that meets the established requirements, the user’s profile, and the natural context. The project consists of a permanent housing model for the displaced families: a 86m2 house within a plot of 8m by 19m. The construction is divided into two building blocks; the social-kitchen-bathroom zone is separated from the bedrooms by an interior courtyard. Circulation is minimized in order to guarantee the best usage of the different areas. The... More