In collaboration with AGENdA Agencia de Arquitectura
Location: Jojutla, Morelos, México
Status: Under construction
Architectural Project: AGENdA Agencia de Arquitectura | Dellekamp/Schleich
Camilo Restrepo Ochoa, Derek Dellakamp, Jachen Schleich
Team: Francisco Franco, José Manuel Estrada, Gustavo Hernández, Mariana Mejía, Juan Camilo Ramírez, Camilo Toro, Helen Winter
Renders: Sana Frini, Samuele Xompero, Cesar Melgarejo, Camila Ulloa
Ilumination design: Lightchitects
Landscape: Entorno Taller de Paisaje
Structural engineering: Ingenieria Estrutural Oscar Trejo
The Santuario Señor de Tula, a shrine that housed a contemporary chapel and some 18th-century ruins of San Miguel Arcángel church, was partially destroyed after the earthquake. Due to the severity of the damage, it seemed an obvious decision to start from zero while preserving the archeological remains. But how to go about building on the ruins of a ruin? With a shelter that adds to the many layers underneath it. A building that gives continuity to a country's architectural tradition. An homage to the freeform structures of Félix Candela. Poetic brutalism. A monument to the glory of human fragility. An open chapel.
