Hotel Bardo

Hotel Bardo
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Hotel Bardo

Taller de Arquitectura Viva

LEAD ARCHITECT
José Edeza

INTERIOR DESIGN
Storm Storm

DESIGN TEAM
Nalleli García, María José Ordoñez

PHOTOGRAPHS
Leandro Bulzzano

AREA
2060 M²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Tulum, Mexico

CATEGORY
Hotels

The magic of a place that receives and transforms restless minds. Transient bodies find this site the perfect refuge to calm or awaken the mind, developing ideas, desires, and dreams.

Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano
Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano

Hotel Bardo seeks an optimal balance, creating a platform that through experiences invites transformation to awaken the deepest corners of each guest's mind.

Balancing between distinctive design and contemporary-lifestyle luxury secluded within the Mayan jungle, seeking for guests to live a pure and unstructured experience, far beyond the ordinary.

Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano
Hotel Bardo
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The architectural program consists of 29 loft-style villas with a construction area of ​​60m2, including a bedroom, living room, bathroom, semi-outdoor shower, pool, and private garden.

As common areas, there is a central pool, restaurant, bar, game area, temazcal, holistic spa, reception, and administration.

Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano
Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano
Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano

The architectural style represents contemporary Mexican constructions mixed with local materials of low ecological impact and blended with the surroundings, seeking to be part of the natural context of the Mayan jungle, aging alongside it.

The decoration of the spaces connects with the Buddhist meaning of the word bardo, which in other words is the "state of transition" that an individual goes through when dying.

The essence of that meaning mixes with Mexican craftsmanship and gives birth to Bardo's interior design.

Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano


Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano
Hotel Bardo
© Leandro Bulzzano


Hotel Bardo
Sections + elevations
Hotel Bardo
Sections + elevations


Hotel Bardo
Complex floor plan
Hotel Bardo
Common areas plan
Hotel Bardo
Rooms plan