This anthropological container project is designed to help understand the importance of incorporating main key elements of typical Mexican home construction into a highly construction focuses pavilion that could be built quickly by local labor and provide shelter for two people located in remote regions of Mexico.
In traditional Mexican culture, the hearth acts as a gathering point around which the house is organized. Inspired by large shade providing trees, the hearth of this project acts as a the major support for the large exaggerated rain collecting roof overhead.
The Enclosing Membrane is constructed by weaving brick and wood, the two most basic materials used in Mexican architecture, together into a porous skin that creates shelter while allowing light and ventilation to permiate the structure.