TOH

IT IS A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT WITH 16 APARTMENTS LOCATED IN TULUM, QUINTANA ROO.
TOH IS THE BIRD FROM THE RIVIERA MAYA AREA WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ALWAYS BEING NEAR THE CENOTES.
THIS WAS THE PREMISE FROM WHICH THIS DESIGN STARTED. WE WANTED TO INTERPRET THE USERS AS IF
THESE WERE THESE BIRDS THAT WERE FOUND AROUND A WATER CORE. HOW ARE THEY REPRESENTED?
USING BEJUCO PANELS (CHARACTERISTIC MATERIAL OF THE AREA), THEY WERE PLACED ONLY IN THE
ROOMS, THUS CREATING “NESTS” LIKE THE BIRDS REST IN THEIR NESTS, THE SAME WILL HAPPEN WITH
OUR USERS, THE WINDOWS COVERED BY THESE PANELS INDICATE THE PLACES OF REST, ALSO
AT THE SAME TIME, THESE PANELS, BEING WINDOWS, WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN OR CLOSED, THUS CREATING A
DYNAMIC AND ALWAYS CHANGING FACADE ACCORDING TO THE USER WHO IS INSIDE THEIR “NEST”
FOLLOWING THE LINE OF THE CONCEPT IN TOH, NATURAL MATERIALS FROM THE AREA WERE OPTED, SUCH AS BEJUCO,
VISTA MAYA AND PAROTA WOOD QUARRY.
THESE MATERIALS ARE COMBINED WITH CHUKUM, GLASS AND VEGETATION TO GIVE A NATURAL LOOK FOR
TRANSPORT US TO AN ENVIRONMENT OF CALM AND PEACE.
THE COLOR PALETTE IS A SOBER AND WARM PALETTE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TRANSMIT THE CONNECTION WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT, AN ECO CHIC ENVIRONMENT IS MANAGED TO RECREATE.
TOH IS A SPACE THAT ALLOWS THE USER TO BEHAVE IN A RELAXED AND RESPECTFUL WAY WITH THEIR
AROUND.
IN THE TOH RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX AN ATTEMPT WAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIMPLICITY OF NATURAL ELEMENTS.
THE MAIN TASK OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ACHIEVE A DYNAMIC FACADE THAT CHANGES ACCORDINGLY
TO THE NEEDS OF THE USER. TOH WILL ALWAYS BE DIFFERENT ACCORDING TO WHO IS USING THE
SPACE.
THESE PANELS ALSO HAVE A DOUBLE ACTION, SINCE DURING THE DAY IT IS A NATURAL CURTAIN
WHICH ALLOWS PRIVACY, BUT DURING THE NIGHTS IT GIVES US AN OPPOSITE EFFECT BY MAKING
THIS IS A KIND OF LAMP THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE THE SILHOUETTES OF PEOPLE.
BEING A HIGHLY DURABLE NATURAL MATERIAL ALLOWS US TO HAVE LOW MAINTENANCE AND A
CHARACTERISTIC NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA. AND AT THE SAME TIME THE PANELS ACT AS A
SKIN THAT TRAPS HEAT AND WINDS, ALLOWING US TO HAVE A MORE CLIMATE
NICE INSIDE THE ROOMS.
MIXING THESE NATURAL ELEMENTS WITH THE VEGETATION TOH BECOMES AN OASIS OF
TRANQUILITY THAT TRANSMITS CALM AND HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.