Oaxaca-Mexico
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Oaxaca-Mexico
Project • By t804 taller de arquitectura • Private Houses
Casa Luz Oaxaca
Casa Luz is an architectural and interior design intervention within an existing house in Oaxaca City. It reflects on how to inhabit space from a local perspective, without resorting to nostalgic or literal gestures. The proposal is grounded in a sensitive reading of its context, where materiality, light, and craftsmanship become the primary means of expression.
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Amy Bello
Amy Bello
Rather than a radical transformation, the project begins by acknowledging the house’s pre-existing conditions, reconfiguring them through precise interventions that enhance both functionality and spatial quality. The incorporation of curved elements, the opening of visual connections, and the continuity between spaces create a more f... More
Santa Maria Petapa
Taller MRD and DFArquitectos collaborate to revitalize the Santa María Petapa market in Oaxaca, Mexico, offering it a new opportunity after the devastating earthquake of 2017. Established by the Urban Improvement Program (PMU) and headed by the Secretariat of Agrarian and Territorial Development and Urban (SEDATU), this project had as its main objective the unification and integration of a previously urban and socially fractured space. By preserving the site's distinctive cultural elements, such as ocher-toned brick and clay structures, the team not only managed to preserve its origin, but also forged a lasting legacy.
Jesús Omar Luis Salvatierra
Jesús Omar Luis Salvatierra
What we found on the site was an ur... More
Project • By GARQUITEG • Apartments
Punta Mayia
Located in Zicatela, Oaxaca, on the southwest coast of Mexico, within the conurbation of Puerto Escondido, this building stood in a place of high tourist demand and was ideal for recreation. With a population of 45,000 inhabitants, this city stood out for its recreational and surfing beaches, its gastronomy, its orography, its vernacular architecture, and its bohemian charm. These characteristics positioned this city as one of the fastest-growing and most attractive vacation destinations in the country and internationally.
Alex Kortkov
Situated in one of the areas with the highest tourist potential, just within a 10-minute walking distance from the beach, the project was designed through a rigorous market analysis to respond to the hi... More
News • News • 30 May 2023
Environmentally sensitive Casona Sforza puts forth a contemporary architecture that bridges old and new
On the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca-Mexico, Casona Sforza is a boutique hotel concept by architect Alberto Kalach. Situated on a 4,500 square meter site oriented toward the ocean, it is a site-specific, environmentally sensitive concept that puts forth a contemporary architecture that bridges old with new.
Alex Krotkov
The striking architecture comprises 11 guest suites within a series of arches overlooking a circular swimming pool. Accessed by a linear path that cuts through the site, the pool descends four steps into the landscape and is ideally placed to look out over beautiful sunsets.
Appropriate to the context and region's history, the arched forms draw from the country's ancient brickwork and vault-building techniq... More