Designed in collaboration with the client, the designer James Perse, this house is located in the Mexican state of Nayarit, on the Pacific coast. Independent low pavilions – containing nine rooms, communal spaces, swimming pools, and a spa – are dist
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
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...
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
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
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...
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
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...
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
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
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...
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
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