Category: Hotels
Region: Mexico
Year: 1975
Location: CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO
FT2 Construction: 322,917 sq ft
FT2 Ground: 0 sq ft
Involved Areas: Architecture, Interior Design
Collaborators:
ARQUITECTURA Y DISEÑO DE INTERIORES: LEGORRETA®
Ricardo Legorreta
Noé Castro
Carlos Vargas Senior
Emilio Guerrero
Consultants:
Structural Design: DIRAC
Electrical Design: B.I.P.S.A. / I.E.M.
Mechanical Design: DIRAC
Photographer:
Julius Shulman
© Colección Legorreta
Camino Real Cancun is located at the edge of a peninsula in the Mexican Caribbean. One of the main and maybe the most attractive characteristic is its tropical vegetation which contrasts with the turquoise blue of its peaceful beaches. It is difficult to find a better climate in other tourist zones of the country. With this natural background of beauty, enhanced with its proximity to the Mayan archeological zones, Camino Real Cancun contributes with its soberly and elegant architecture to an integration with the cultural setting of this region. One enters the hotel through a huge, green, circular space, with a vertical water fountain in the middle, welcoming the visitor into an atmosphere of peace. Its public areas are designed to attract the guests in a very special way, integrating outdoor and indoor areas and furnishing them with colorful tropical elements. Restaurant Azulejos, with capacity for 175 to 250 persons, between indoor and terrace areas, operates as the main breakfast and lunch place. The bar restaurant of the Fun Room, with a capacity for 175 persons, is the night spot, featuring a combination of activities. The hotel has a small but adequate convention room, with capacity for 200 persons, and various bars located along a porticoes corridor, where the travel agency, barber shop, shops and beauty salons are also found. Besides these well defined areas, there is a lobby bar completely opened to the outdoors and with capacity for approximately 100 persons. The rooms located in the interior of the site are formed by a four storied pavilion with two blocks; one vertical with 112 rooms and the other inclined with 144 rooms, both facing the sea on one side and a salt water lagoon on the other. Dividing the building in two, there is a green house running from side to side, creating a space interrupted only by strong frames that climb up to the third floor, giving thus a perspective which, combined with the color and design of its gardens, gives a very special atmosphere.
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