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Hotel Zone, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. sanzpont [arquitectura]   Silver Medal in the Interior Design Category at the 2nd Mexican Architecture Biennial held in Cancún, Quintana Roo. - Silver Medal in the Interior Design Category at the 2nd Mexican Architecture Biennial held in Cancún, Quintana Roo.

Conceptual Design: Creating a Fluid Path  This project is a small 70m2 / 753 sq. foot storefront gallery located in a high-end shopping center in the tourist area of ​​the city. The client required a clean, distinctive and avant-garde design. The design concept is based on a golden river; a yellow liquid running through the ceiling that invites you to walk through the store, incorporating an element of identity and memorability for its visitors. All forms originate in the false ceiling, as if it were a river bank and its waves. The fluid design extends into the floor and the furniture. As for colors, the white was used throughout for a clean look and the yellow in the ceiling leads to a marketing image that forms the backdrop of the cash wrap. The design of the cash wrap is a soft, irregular shape floating in the waves of the river engraved on the pavement. Indirect lighting gently bathes the surface, subtly highlighting the shape of the curves.

False Ceiling Design: Creating a Fluid Path  The concept of the ceiling is a fluid continuity that represents the movement of the river’s waves. This is materialized by ridges and soft valleys throughout the space, integrated into the wall furniture that continues its shape down to the floor.

Constructive Digital Model  With the creation of a digital model, it was possible to obtain all the tracing points in XYZ. They then created a three-dimensional cartesian model within the space.

Flexible Panel Ceiling   It was necessary to be able to mold the curved shape of the ceiling using a thinner and more flexible drywall than usual. The very demanding curvatures within the project were made possible by utilizing a 1/4” thick plasterboard with superior flexibility.

Facade Design: Non-existent for a Total Opening  The design of the facade is nonexistent, which generates a total opening of the store towards the outside. Commercially speaking, it helps that there is no barrier to hinder access to the store, generating an "extension of the corridor" outside circulation, allowing potential customers to enter without realizing it.

Furniture Design: Modular and Parametric Design  Even with a fluid and non-orthogonal design, the challenge was to create completely modular furniture that can be repeated along the perimeter of the store, connected together.  Wall Furniture: The concept of all the perimeter furniture, unlike the traditional scheme (solid, self-supporting furniture), was that all the modules were designed hanging from a tubular structured frame. With this avant-garde, industrial design comes considerable savings in the furniture manufacturing since only the visible surfaces are wood. The module itself integrates LED lighting, creating considerable energy savings.

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