Studio Viktor Sørless and Estudio Juiñi design museum for Mexican jungle
Studio Viktor Sørless and Estudio Juiñi have designed the Xinatli museum to tower over an area of jungle in Mexico that is being reforested after years of illegal logging.
Norwegian firm Studio Viktor Sørless and Mexican office Estudio Juiñi plan to build the museum out of wood and earth in a project led by Mexican art collector Fernanda RaÃz.
Its design is informed by ancient step pyramids, with angled volumes in different sizes staggered up a vertical core.
The museum, which will be dedicated to research in the arts and sciences, will stand guard over a 90-hectare clearing that is going to be replanted with trees.
Located in a tropical rainforest in southern Mexico, the area's ecology and community have been badly affected by the illegal timber trade. The museum will be made from timber and earth
Xinatli will be built from clay and rammed-earth with wood used for the load-bearing elements. Clay will be bound with Chukum resin and sisal fibre to make it strong and weather resistant.
Studio Viktor Sørless and Estudio Juiñi both specialise in using clay in construction and are keen to see it return as a less environmentally damaging alternative to concrete.
"It saves expensive building technology and is rooted within the ancient traditions of nearly all cultures that have been displaced by modern industrial construction methods," explained Sørless, who founded Studio Viktor Sørless in 2018.
The building method used for Xinatli owes a great deal to the in...
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