HEMAA integrates “nuanced structure” into Mexican wetlands pavilion

Mexico Metropolis structure studio HEMAA utilised a metal construction and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a gathering place sited on the marshy shores of a lake within the mountains of central Mexico.

Pabellón de la Reserva – Reserve Pavilion – was constructed to be a gathering house on the shores of a small lake within the Santa Fe Reserve outdoors of Mexico Metropolis.

The 263-square-metre construction sits low alongside the lake, anchored by strengthened concrete foot foundations that attain into the moist floor, and, the place the construction’s patio extends, into the lake itself.

It has a construction made principally of recycled metal, with low-hanging eves painted inexperienced to assist it mix into the setting because the house owners host occasions and retreats.

“The Pabellón de la Reserva is anchored by a fragile framework, with cantilevered eaves in an ash-green shade that blends with the encompassing setting,” HEMAA founder Santiago Matos informed Dezeen.

“This design alternative blurs the construction’s boundaries, framing the pure panorama with subtlety,” he continued.

“The architectural construction not solely defines house however establishes a rhythm that harmonizes with its environment, making a serene, ethereal environment that invitations guests to have interaction with the great thing about the setting.”

Recycled metal columns body floor-to-ceiling glass hemmed in by a wrap-around path that extends out to the concrete path.

The roof of the construction has a single smokestack that provides the property a rural silhouette in addition to planters and photo voltaic panels so as to add to its self-sufficiency.

HEMAA informed Dezeen that they’re on monitor for Dwelling Constructing certification, a excessive worldwide customary for sustainability.

The recycled metal makes up nearly two-thirds of the structural metal and cladding and was sourced inside 500 kilometres of the location, in accordance with the studio.

Adjoining to the construction is a classy rainwater gathering system and a miniature remedy plant hid by wetland landscaping that utilises small synthetic wetland filtration parts in addition to industrial strategies.

Inside, the pavilion has a easy format designed with inside studio Dirección MX with an open residing house arrange like a mix residing and eating room.

A smaller part to the facet holds the kitchen and toilet services.

FSC-certified wooden clads a lot of the inside. It includes a built-in leisure system in addition to a sublime wooden display that covers the floor-to-ceiling home windows to offer privateness from the adjoining highway.

The structural metal beams that represent the ceiling of the construction have been left open and function skylights. The planting containers on the roof are hole and have openings on the facet that permit gentle right into a void within the ceiling space, bringing extra pure gentle into the interiors.

A central Japanese-style paper pendant chandelier hangs via the gridded ceiling construction, and, when its darkish may be seen illuminated from a distance – even throughout the lake.

“Designed to host cultural occasions, workshops, and conferences, it encourages neighborhood engagement and a deeper appreciation of nature,” stated Matos.

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“Its open, versatile format accommodates a variety of actions – from intimate gatherings and conversations to bigger occasions –enhancing its position as a dynamic and inclusive house for shared experiences.”

A stone path leads from the patio to a wood-and-steel bridge that results in a small panorama island designed by Hugo Sánchez Paisaje. On the shore, the studio included a built-in concrete dialog pit with a central fireplace pit.

Primarily based in Mexico Metropolis, HEMAA has additionally accomplished a pair of stone-clad homes within the metropolis and renovated a Fifties modernist house.

The images is by César Béjar.

Mission credit:

Structure: HEMAAEngineering: Grupo BVGLandscape design: Hugo Sánchez PaisajeInterior design: Dirección MX in collaboration with HEMAA