canyon market & office designed by MEDEZA
In the desert landscapes of Baja California Sur, Mexico, Canyon Market & Offices stand as both an amenity and an anchor, serving as the main administrative building for a private family club. The design, created in collaboration between MEDEZA (led by Francisco Parra) and the Querencia Design Center and Construction, embraces the clarity of a modular column-and-beam system free of bearings walls, drawing inspiration from Le Corbusier’s Maison Domino. This structural principle grants the building an inherent flexibility, allowing it to adapt and reconfigure to future needs, reflecting an architecture that is at once pragmatic and poetic.
in Baja California Sur, Mexico, Canyon Market & Offices is the main administrative building for a private family club
communal hub in baja california sur
The Canyon Market & Offices by MEDEZA presents a weighty yet horizontal two-level volume that settles into the desert terrain. A continuous clerestory opening defines its upper edge, not only admitting light but also enabling natural ventilation and passive heat cycling in response to the arid climate. In this way, the building turns environmental conditions into active design elements, creating an architecture that works with the desert rather than against it.
its modular column-and-beam system, free of bearings walls, draws inspiration from Le Corbusier’s Maison Domino
The ground level is a hub of communal activity, housing a marketplace, a doctor’s office, restrooms, and a bike hub. Above, the second floor accommodates offices for 80 users, organized around shared spaces and a generous open hall. A steel truss spans this central space, intentionally revealed to carry both mechanical systems and lighting. This honest expression of structure contributes to the building’s refined desert aesthetic, celebrating its precise engineering and adaptable program while remaining deeply attuned to its unique environment.
the design was created in collaboration between MEDEZA and the Querencia Design Center and Construction
the ground level is a hub of communal activity, housing a marketplace, a doctor’s office, restrooms, and bike hub
the second floor accommodates offices for 80 users, organized around shared spaces
the architecture works with the desert rather than against it
the opening of its upper edge admits light and enables natural ventilation and passive heat cycling inside
the weighty yet horizontal two-level volume settles into the desert terrain in Baja California Sur
Canyon Market & Offices acts as a hub for the private family club
its honest expression of structure contributes to the building’s refined desert aesthetic
the architecture’s precise engineering is accentuated in its unique environment
project info:
name: Canyon Market & Offices
designer studio: MEDEZA, and Querencia Design Center and Construction
designers: Francisco Parra, Mauricio Rios, Gerardo Aguero, Dennis Martinez, Isabella Turquie, Ricardo Nunez, Vanessa Ramirez, and Roberto Hernandez
location: Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.
The post le corbusier inspires canyon market & office design by MEDEZA in baja california sur appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.