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Building: Teotitlán del Valle Cultural Center
Location: Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
Number of Stories: 3 in museum; 2 in library
Completion: 2017

Architect: Productora
Structural Engineer: Kaltia Consultants
Technical Engineer (Sustainability): BioE
Contractor: Bonarq
Landscaping: Entorno Taller de Paisaje (Environment Landscape Workshop)

AE Interests: Locally-sourced materials. 30-cm-thick pigmented concrete walls imprinted with wooden boards. Timber and brick details. Passive system due to double-slab sloping roofs, concrete walls, and controlled openings. No air conditioning system.

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Video: tour

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