{"id":70664,"date":"2025-08-15T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70664\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:52:09","slug":"medeza-shapes-canyon-entrance-as-sundial-in-los-cabos-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70664\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDEZA shapes canyon entrance as sundial in los cabos, mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEDEZA designs canyon entrance in los cabos, mexico<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the arid landscapes of Los Cabos in Baja California Sur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-mexico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico<\/a>, a private family club finds its striking arrival point in Canyon Entrance, a pavilion that is both a threshold and a statement. Conceived as a radial composition, this desertic structure is the work of MEDEZA (Francisco Parra) and CDQ (Centro Dise\u00f1o Querencia), with collaborators Mauricio Rios, Gerardo Aguero &amp; Vanessa Ramirez. The design orchestrates a sensory journey, compressing space to heighten anticipation before releasing visitors into the openness of a sculpted desert garden. The architecture, drawing from brutalist desert aesthetics, breathes with the environment through its voids, pigments, and the dramatic interplay of light and shadow.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"canyon entrance 4\" width=\"850\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/canyon-entrance-4-689d1bc2c64da.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>image by Cesar Belio CBSTD (main image also)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>desert architecture oriented as sundial<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pavilion\u2019s form is anchored by two monumental, pigmented concrete walls. These points hold a 17-meter radial and sloped concrete slab, from which 41 ribbed beams radiate outward. This composition evokes the spokes of a silent sundial, creating a balanced structure that is both grounded and ethereal. The deliberate balance of mass and openness is a hallmark of the design, celebrating the raw honesty of materials and allowing architecture to exist in a direct dialogue with the sun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"canyon entrance 3\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/canyon-entrance-3-689d1bc2c64a1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>image by Cesar Belio CBSTD<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canyon Entrance is a meticulously crafted desert landmark. The project is the result of a precise collaboration between Francisco Parra, chief architect of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medeza.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MEDEZA<\/a>, and the Querencia Design Center, who oversaw both the design and its flawless execution. This synergy allowed for a design that is not only visually compelling but also deeply integrated into its environment, marking a new standard for a brutalist desert architecture that is both timeless and responsive to its unique context.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"canyon entrance 5\" width=\"850\" height=\"1277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/canyon-entrance-5-689d1bc2c650e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>image by Cesar Belio CBSTD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEDEZA designs canyon entrance in los cabos, mexico \u00a0 In the arid landscapes of Los Cabos in Baja&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[2192,449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-70664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-mexico","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}