Conceptual Design
GYM·PG
DESERT MATERIALITY · FILTERED LIGHT · CIVIC SCALE
A civic institution rooted in landscape, material honesty and structural precision.
GYM·PG proposes a postgraduate facility that responds to the arid conditions of Guaymas through layered materiality, controlled light and a composition built on contrast.
Exterior View
Project Approach
Architecture understood as geological response, tectonic precision and environmental discipline.
The project organizes its program through a clear material hierarchy: weathering steel anchors the building to the desert ground, exposed concrete mediates the public threshold, and a perforated metal screen filters light into the upper academic volume.
Each layer serves a climatic and spatial purpose. The composition is not decorative — it is a direct response to the intensity of the Sonoran landscape and the demands of an institution built to endure.
Spatial Analysis
Public circulation structured around a central axis that connects landscape, entry and vertical program.
The cantilevered upper volume creates shaded transitional zones that mediate between exterior heat and interior comfort.
A perforated facade system diffuses solar radiation while preserving visual connection to the desert horizon.
Site Plan
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Location
Guaymas, Son
Area
4,500 M²
Typology
Institutional
STATUS
Unbuilt
YEAR
2010
Technical Documentation
Drawings & Spatial Analysis
MATERIAL CONDITION
Weathering steel, concrete and light define an institution that belongs to its landscape.
Architectural Visualizations
Spatial Atmospheres
