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Estudio Ome was asked to intervene an existing lake and garden in Reserva Peñitas, Valle de Bravo. Working with stone, we were able to draw new contours and lines within the pine tree forest and around the water. The timeless material contrasts with the ephemeral...

How to inhabit an oak tree forest in a sloped site? Casa Encinos reveals a garden drawn by hard wood and forest species. Simple moments were built as subtle wayfinding features: meandering paths in between the existing trees, a terraced playground and wood steps from...

Pedregal’s Lava Garden gets its inspiration from the ground it sits on. The modernist suburban neighbourhood planned by the Mexican architect Luis Barragán in the mid-1940’s is located in the volcanic stone landscape. Today, most of the gardens have forgotten their relationship to the ancient...

A generous native prairie at the forest border surrounds the Cosmos pavilion. Around the two buildings, enriched sceneries with flowering and medicinal shrubs and trees were created to bring surprise and oddness among pleasure and utility.Year: 2019Area: 1.2haLandscape architecture: Estudio OmeArchitecture: Rozana Montiel Estudio de...

Malinalli Garden is growing 2 hours away from Mexico City, in the ancient town of Malinalco. It was named after the endemic plant Malinalli Muhlenbergia macroura, a golden grass with medicinal properties.Two great oak trees gave the main structure to the new garden. They allowed...

Winner of the Landezine International Landscape Award LILA 2021. Within the sloped forestland, a series of glades were opened to inhabit the woods. A large terrace under the concrete house, a vegetable garden, a natural pool and a fern garden all drawn by long stonewalls and...