Conceived by Mexican architect Ivan Juárez from X-Studio, the Lightweave Palm Observatory consists of a dialogue with the natural landscape context of Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil. The project explores a local artisanal textile technique using the coconut palm leaf found in the island as raw material. It then forms an interior space for personal reflection which creates a visual dialogue between the interior and exterior landscape that it delimits. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The natural landscape off the coast of the Island of Itaparica in All Saints Bay in Brazil is characterized by a scenery that is in constant dialog between its diverse ecosystems: mangroves, rainforests, dunes. Its exuberant nature is highlighted by slender and tall palm trees which are of great significance to this region since they were introduced in Brazil in 1553 through the State of Bahia from where they subsequently spread across the country’s coastal northeast.
