A frame for the sky over a forest of columns shapes a pavilion to contemplate a well-orchestrated dialogue with the existing historical context. 

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Architects: Gustavo Carmona + Lisa Beltrán

Location: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Collaboration: Karla Uribe, Gustavo Xoxotla, Raybel Cuevas

Area: 996.5 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Onnis Luque

© Onnis Luque

A frame for the sky over a forest of columns shapes a pavilion to contemplate a well-orchestrated dialogue with the existing historical context. 

© Onnis Luque

The project sits within the garden premises of a historic 20th century eclectic house in Merida, Yucatan, considered national heritage and currently a museum. The garden regularly hosts social events for which temporary tents were assembled for weather protection. The client sought for a permanent structure to hold all kinds of scales of events and to enhance a more intimate relationship with the existing building. 
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The solution was a pavilion made of 36 slim columns that form a C shape promenade supporting a 6? thin, knife-edged canopy. The columns relate to the trees that surround the property and the balconies of the house. The roof reinforces the presence of the ?emptied? space below contrasting with the solid...