Garza Blanca Resort & Spa is excited to announce the winners of the Master Plan International Architecture Competition 2017 which was launched in October 2016 inviting professional architects, designers, students and visionaries to create a design proposal for a beautiful plot of land that neighbors the current Garza Blanca Preserve.
400 acres of tropical beachfront
An incredible 400 acres of tropical beachfront land were acquired in 2016 for development next door to the current Garza Blanca Resort & Spa with the intention of extending the luxury services and unique experiences already available to hotel visitors. One of the main specifications of the International competition was to propose ways of developing the land in harmony with nature while broadening the services available to future visitors.
The winners of the Master Plan International Architecture Competition 2017 were announced on February 8th, 2017, awarding prizes as follows:
1st Prize ($5000 USD) Adriane Jimenez Escarfullery
2nd Prize ($3000 USD) Varabyeu Design
3rd Prize ($2000 USD) UPP!
4th Prize ($1000 USD) Diana Kalimullina
In recognition of the high volume of top quality entries, nine Honorable Mentions were also given to the following competitors:
Anastasia Blinova
Chris Urner
Gustavo A. Barrirero
Ilsi Yarrakhimova
Karina Ashrapova
Litvinov Architects
Luis Echeverria
Michael Murdock
Oscar Osuna Garcia
The Jury and Tafer Hotels & Resorts would like to thank all of the 54 candidates in total who submitted entries for the competition and to commend participants for their creativity and ingenuity.
“We were overwhelmed by the quality and creativity of the competitors,” shared Architect Carlos Palomera who led the competition. “With such an incredible plot of tropical land, it is clear that the candidates were totally inspired by all the possibilities. There are so many wonderful ideas; now our team of architects needs to bring them all together into a final master plan.”
Competitors were invited to design inventive and groundbreaking projects intended to question our perceived notions of hospitality. The goal was to develop dynamic spaces for human interaction with nature that promote unique experiences. The architectural contest encouraged participants to contemplate all manner of proposals which could range in form, function and size; such as a collection of buildings, a series of pavilions, a theme park, a residential project, urban landscapes and so on.
The International Architecture Competition celebrated an impressive response whereby more than 400 people registered and 54 completed proposals were submitted. The winning submissions will be taken into consideration by Garza Blanca’s own professional team of architects to inspire the final plans for the plot of land, plans that will be announced in the near future.
