MAYA UTZ'IIL - TEA HOUSE

Project by: Tribe Lab

Location: San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala

Program: Cultural Center

Size: 350 m2 (Total Center)

Status: Completed

Client: LEMA

Year: 2015 - 2016

Photographs: Aaron Yeo

Maya Utz'iil is a cultural center initiated by and built for LEMA, a women's cooperative that creates local textile and garments.

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We designed a center with multiple pavilions, sprouting out of the tropical vegetation.

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The Tea House is a structure built with locally sourced materials (timber, bamboo and stones) that hosts cultural activities and enables communal cooking and dining.