A+Awards: another project lauded at this year's Architizer A+ Awards is this Mexican hacienda, where crumbling buildings were restored and connected with new elements by local studio AS Arquitectura to create a hotel (+ slideshow).

Situated in Champotón, on the gulf coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, the Niop Hacienda comprises a series of ruined stone structures that formed a residential complex complete with small farm and industrial buildings, as well as a chapel.

AS Arquitectura aimed to unite these different elements to form a hotel and event spaces for weddings, while maintaining the character of the old overgrown walls.

"The project consists of a series of subtle interventions ranged from the generality of reordering the zoning of their uses, to the particularity of solving the most intricate detail of how the contemporary merges with pre-existing," the studio said.
The new programme includes a restaurant, banquet rooms, utility spaces, and large open spaces for holding various events.

It also encompasses guest rooms and villas, as well as spaces for "reflection and isolation".

AS Arquitectura created a route through the complex to unite these various amenities, using wooden flooring and steel-framed bamboo canopies to direct guests around the site.

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A concrete basement was constructed to link the chapel and bridal suite. Across the sit...