Desarrollo Playa Norte

Discover what makes it unique

On Playa Norte, Isla del Carmen, emerging from the sands yielded by the Gulf of Mexico, two "reefs" rise like a gift from the sea to the land.

In the first phase, the first of two emerges: a complex of corporate offices and training classrooms. Both structures form two plazas at different levels, connected by a wide staircase. The plaza that penetrates the buildings also serves as a terrace that spills out onto the beach; the other, at street level, accommodates uncovered parking for vehicles.

Each building is conceived as a five-story trapezoidal prism of precast concrete, each measuring more than one hundred meters long, and each traversed by a fissure that divides it longitudinally.

Client

Motomak

Project type

Commerce & Offices

Location

Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico

Built area

12,335

Year(s)

2002-2003

Participants

Enrique Duarte A.
Víctor Cruz D.
Luis Estrada A.
Román Cordero T.

Collaborators

Construction: Grupo BACSA
Photography: Roberto Cárdenas C.

Awards & Publications

- First Prize at the VI Yucatecan Architecture Biennial, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

- L'Industria Italiana del Cemento. November 2008.
- Repentina Magazine, UNAM. January 2006.
- Construcción y Tecnología Magazine. November 2005.
- Enlace Magazine, "Office Buildings" Issue. 2004.