TUBOHOTEL
T3arc
YEAR
2010
LOCATION
Tepoztlán, Mexico
CATEGORY
Hotels
Text description provided by architect.
The idea came when we built Cafe Five, where we saw the need to adapt an inexpensive room for users.
In our search for solutions, we found Desparkhotel, the work of the architect Andreas Strauss in 2006, using recycled concrete pipes for hotel rooms.
Our client decided to make a hotel with the same characteristics as the Desparkhotel on a ground that is located on the outskirts of Tepoztlan, with excellent panoramic views of the Sierra del Tepozteco.
Located in a wooded setting of unusual features, the surrounding environment provides an unique natural environment and for our project.
The goal was to have the ability to build a fast and affordable hotel that offered lodging for Tepoztlan tourist.
With a projection of 20 rooms, we began building the first modules. Unlike the hotel of Andreas Strauss, we place the rooms (tubes) in three modules to harness the ground as possible much as possible.
Our office was commissioned to do a general plan and build the first module 3 tubocretos then Tubohotel administration was responsible for building the remaining modules.
The order of the tubes is random with respect to the topography. Construction took place over a period of 3 months.
