DUARTE AZNAR ARQUITECTOS

Paseo 60

Mixed Use Complex + Gourmet Market "House of Machines"

DAA-iconoGALLERY

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DAA-iconoPROJECT OVERVIEW

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Discover what makes it unique

A complex combining tourism, commerce, offices, and culture, it references the legacy of henequen and its transformative boom. It responds to the site through a plaza, a “zaguán” (entrance hall), and a courtyard; it is sensitive to the climate and the neighboring heritage. It is clad in a thematic epidermis that mitigates the sun and evokes the once seemingly endless agave fields of the haciendas.

The commission also included the design of the NH Collection hotel, where the use of local materials reinforced its identity without losing the brand image, and the Gourmet Market, which humorously evokes the pre-existence of a henequen engine house, uniting origin and result in a historical pairing.

 

Client

Labrea Real Estate

 

Project type

Commerce & Offices

 

Location

Mérida, Yucatán, México

 

Built area

41,850

 

Year(s)

2016-2017

Awards & Publications

- Finalist for the 2019 Obras Award in the Building category.
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Publications
ColorLife Trends 2021 Compendium. Comex. 2021.
Podio Magazine. April 2020.

 

Participants
Enrique Duarte Aznar
Cindy Parra Roca
José Luis Estudillo Robleda
Hervé Jiménez Meza
Eduardo Gómez Arana
Luis González Coyoc

 

Collaborators
Structure and prefabricated elements: PREDECON
Lighting: Grupo AEI
Electrical: ILURGIA
Hydraulics, sanitation, irrigation, rainwater drainage, and fire protection: SAVC
Landscaping: Tania Domínguez
Photography: Tamara Uribe

DAA-iconoAWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

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- Honorable Mention at the 13th Yucatecan Architecture Biennial, 2021.

- Honorable Mention at the 13th Yucatecan Architecture Biennial, 2020.

- Black & Silver Medal at the 10th CIDI Ibero-American Biennial of Interior Design, Design & Landscaping, 2019-2020.

- Gold Medal in the Hospitality and Real Estate Heritage category at the 10th CIDI Ibero-American Biennial of Interior Design, Design & Landscaping, 2019-2020.

- Third Place in the Commercial Interior Design category of the 13th AAI National Architecture and Interior Design Awards, 2019.