Isabelle Laurent
Canyon Entrance Pavillion serves as both threshold and statement—a desertic pavilion marking the main arrival to a private family club in the arid landscapes of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Conceived as a radial composition, the pavilion orchestrates a sensory journey: a deliberate compression of space that heightens anticipation, before releasing visitors into the openness of a sculpted desert garden.
Its form draws from the legacy of brutalist desert architecture, embracing the raw honesty of material and the interplay of light and shadow. Here, architecture breathes with the desert—through its void, its pigments, and its dialogue with the sun.
Two pigmented concrete walls anchor the composition, holding a 17-meter radial and sloped concrete slab, supporting 41 ribbed beams that radiate like the spokes of a silent sundial. This balance of mass and openness creates a structure both grounded and ethereal.
The pavilion is the result of a collaboration between Francisco Parra, chief architect of MEDEZA, and the Querencia Design Center, who oversaw both the design and the precise execution of this crafted desert landmark.
Project Info
Architects: Medeza, Querencia Design Center
Country: Mexico, Cabo San Lucas
Area: 100 m²
Year: 2024
Photographs: Cesar Belio
Design Team: Mauricio Rios, Gerardo Aguero
Technical Team: Vanessa Ramirez
General Constructing: Querencia Construcciones
Engineering & Consulting > Structural: MD Estructural
Tags: 2024Cabo San LucasCanyon Entrance PavillionCesar BelioConcreteMedezaMexicoQuerencia Design Center
Isabelle Laurent
Isabelle Laurent is a Built Projects Editor at Arch2O, recognized for her editorial insight and passion for contemporary architecture. She holds a Master’s in Architectural Theory from École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. Before joining Arch2O in 2016, she worked in a Paris-based architectural office and taught as a faculty adjunct at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. Isabelle focuses on curating projects around sustainability, adaptive reuse, and urban resilience. With a background in design and communication, she brings clarity to complex ideas and plays a key role in shaping Arch2O’s editorial
