Uruguay. Prefabricated cabins camouflage in the sierras

MAPA designed Sacromonte hotel as units scattered in the landscape, at the same time technological and archaic.

MAPA Architects, Sacromonte landscape hotel, Maldonado, Uruguay, 2017

The landscape of Maldonado, eastern Uruguay, hosts Sacromonte hotel for which the binational collective MAPA designed a chapel and 13 cabins. This network of elements diffused on the steep hillsides of the sierras indeed culminate with these 13 prefabricated shelters, that aim to foster the relationship of the individual with the surrounding landscape, a combination of pristine wilderness and man’s action.

In the 100-hectares property of the winery, each cabin takes advantage of the topography of its site. Local stone is used to build the walls that support the shelters, which metallic structures are prefabricated. Each cabin’s framework has been produced in Montevideo in 10 weeks, and then assembled on site; this constructive logic seeks for a simple geometry through modular elements. The elevations are alternatively characterised by mirroring glass and infills made of wood logs. The 60 sqm interiors are clearly divided in a main space, oriented towards the landscape, and containing the sleeping and living area, and a service area with bathroom, fireplace and kitchen.

MAPA Architects, Sacromonte landscape hotel, Maldonado, Uruguay, 2017
MAPA Architects, Sacromonte landscape hotel, animated axonometry
Project:
Sacromonte landscape hotel
Location:
Maldonado, Uruguay
Program:
touristic infrastructure
Architect:
MAPA Architects
Partners:
Luciano Andrades, Matías Carballal, Andrés Gobba, Mauricio López, Silvio Machado
Project team:
Pablo Courreges, Diego Morera, Emiliano Lago, Fabián Sarubbi, Sandra Rodríguez, Rafael Solano, Agustín Dieste, Alba Álvarez, Marcos Gómara, Victoria Reibakas
Assembly and installation:
MTA Ingeniería
Engineering Project:
Lagomarsino & Asoc.
Windows:
Alushop+Alumex (Sapa)
Woodwork:
Cosia y Pombo
Furniture:
Estudio Claro, Estudio Diario, BoConcept, Don Baez
Lighting:
Trios Lighting (Marset)
Automation:
Lutron
Audio:
Bang&Olufsen
Marbles:
Anibal Abbate
Solar panels:
Chromagem
Green Roof:
Ecotelhado
Woods:
Maguinor Maderas
Pool:
Mileto
Area:
60 sqm
Completion:
2017

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