Site Hotel (Chichén Itzá, Mexico, 2008)
The brief called for the design of a lodging structure in the archaeological site of Chichen Itzá, México. Our proposal seeks to have a minimal footprint by reactivating the site’s own, mostly lost, perimeter wall. Tall pyramid-like periscope structures inspired in architectures found in similar densely forested prehispanic sites serve as markers of the original wall and provide panoramic views from underneath the tree cover.
Project team: Gabriel Morales, Daniel Daou