Manuel Cervantes Estudio   Mexico   The extraction of latex from rubber trees is one of the main economic activities of the region where the city of Palenque is located, in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. Beside a plantation rises the Tierra project of Manuel Cervantes Estud

Manuel Cervantes Estudio Jorge Ambrosi Taller Héctor Barroso   Mexico   Located in the state of Nayarit, west of the country, the proposal rests on the ground with a succession of staggered terraces, which alternate layers of water with vegetation, and allow enjoying both the mountain views and the Pacific seascape...

Manuel Cervantes Estudio   United Arab Emirates   On the outskirts of Dubai, and in contrast with its busy activity and density, the project is broken up into small constructions that are disseminated in the landscape and create an ideal atmosphere for the center devoted to longevity and to improvin

Manuel Cervantes Estudio Héctor Esrawe   Greece   To control the development of the Cyclades, the regulations demanded a building that would not alter the landscape. Taking the cave houses as reference, the bathrooms are buried with a sequence of cylindrical spaces open to the sky with large roofli

Manuel Cervantes Estudio   Mexico   La Pedrera is a general plan designed for the countryside of Mexico City. It includes spaces to celebrate all sorts of sports activities, such as horseriding or kitesurf, as a tribute to Greek olympic architecture and its palaestrae...

Manuel Cervantes Estudio Alberto Kalach   Mexico   The hotel complex seeks to distance itself from the voracious American touristic business. Its geometric distribution in plan, its formality overall, and the chosen materials are guided by an organicity that reduces both the visual and the environmen

Manuel Cervantes Estudio   United Arab Emirates   The traditional organization of the hotel, in which the services are distributed vertically, disappears in this project design. The family units are broken up and connected horizontally, providing privacy and comfort for women guests...

Manuel Cervantes Estudio Nicholas Préaud   One of the advantages of architecture designed only for the metaverse is that, since it is never actually materialized, the high carbon emissions associated to construction never occur. Utopia is a structural exploration that exemplifies this asserti

Manuel Cervantes Estudio   United States   The natural therapy center merges into a pine tree forest within the Indian Canyons of California. To respect the environment as much as possible, the project proposes a series of light timber pavilions without foundations that could damage the groun

Manuel Cervantes Estudio Ambrosi | Echegaray Hugo Sánchez Paisaje   Mexico   This project for the design of a didactic public space was presented in a competition to rescue the natural water system of Chapultepec Forest, a green lung for the City with rivers, tributaries, and basins that compose an almost endemic landscape...

Manuel Cervantes Estudio   Mexico   A work of the Mexican firm Manuel Cervantes Estudio, this residence seeks to optimize light and engagement with the outdoors. Wrapped in a ceramic skin, the composition of interlocking volumes adapts to the slope of the site, diluting the boundaries

Manuel Cervantes Estudio   Mexico   West of the Mexican city of Puebla, bordering with rocky land, is this complex whose ultimate purpose is to bring the life of people closer to the life of horses. Its facilities include a 35x70-meter riding arena, a series of stables, and a small con

AV Proyectos 119 dedicates its dossier to Manuel Cervantes, whose latest projects - organized into three groups -, reflect the commitment of the Mexican office to tradition and context. The section that follows features the finalist projects in the c

The Mexican firm Manuel Cervantes studio was invited to participate in the 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, directed by Dominique Perrault, which, titled ‘Crossroads: Building the Resilient City,’ is ongoing until 31 October at the D