Art and Nature Pavilion Contest

Art and Nature Pavilion Contest
Architecture / Urban planning

chapultepec park, mexico city
The project won an Honorable Mention by the Government of Mexico City

The premise of the contest was to design an Art and Nature Pavilion where the existing Chapultepec Orchidarium in Chapultepec Botanic Garden now stands.

Our proposal was to respect the Orchidarium with maintenance and instead place the Art and Nature Pavilion on another corner of the plaza with scant trees and construction. The idea was to weave the program, respect preexistences and generate a better narrative on the botanical Gardens. We also proposed a system of cisterns to help water the whole garden.