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- Architects: Tadao Ando Architect and Associates
- Location: Puerto Escondido, Oax., México
- Local Architect: J. Alfonso Quiñones, Joaquin Castillo
- Taaa Team: Alex Iida
- Baaq Team: Luis Muñoz, Daniel Barragan, Guillermo Mauricio, David Serrano, Angeles Rubio, Alfredo Nader, Alejandro Nuñez, Emiliano Aivar, Inca Hernandez, Isabel Bezies, Alfonso Sodi
- Project Area: 250000.0 m2
- Photographs: Edmund Sumner
- Interiors: DECADA / Lucia Corredor
- Construction: Silvestre Vega, Hermelindo Dominguez, Jose Ramirez
- Advisors: Juan Sodi, Salvador Diaz de Leon, Victor Raygoza
- Structural Design: IESSA / Javier Ribe, Alfredo Adame
- Ironworks: Enedino Barragan
- Building Services: Miguel Angel Dorantes, Sergio Vega, Antonio Esparza
- Palapas: Alejandro Sanjines
- Framing: Javier Gomez, Ruben Dario, Josue Vazquez
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Wabi House is a project by architect Tadao Ando, where BAAQ’ collaborated as associate architect on the development of the executive project and construction coordination.
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Plan
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It is located on the coast of Oaxaca 30 minutes from the city of Puerto Escondido on a site of 25 hectares.
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Wabi House is a foundation created by the artist Bosco Sodi which aims to promote the exchange of ideas between artists of various disciplines and local communities.
Section
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All spaces in Wabi House have been designed to accentuate the landscape of the area. Facilities include six private bedrooms, two shared studies, a multipurpose room, a screening room, an exhibition gallery, a sculpture garden and multiple recreational areas.
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“Wabi” is derived from the Japanese wabi sabi, a concept designating an aesthetic ideal or way of life that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, accident and depth of nature.
Diagram
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The entire project was built in exposed concrete under architect Tadao Ando’s quality guidelines and traditional palapas from the coast.
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