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Architects: Tadao Ando Architect and Associates
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Photographs:Edmund Sumner
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Text description provided by the architects. Wabi House is a project by architect Tadao Ando, where BAAQ' collaborated as associate architect on the development of the executive project and construction coordination.
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It is located on the coast of Oaxaca 30 minutes from the city of Puerto Escondido on a site of 25 hectares.
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Wabi House is a foundation created by the artist Bosco Sodi which aims to promote the exchange of ideas between artists of various disciplines and local communities.
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All spaces in Wabi House have been designed to accentuate the landscape of the area. Facilities include six private bedrooms, two shared studies, a multipurpose room, a screening room, an exhibition gallery, a sculpture garden and multiple recreational areas.
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"Wabi" is derived from the Japanese wabi sabi, a concept designating an aesthetic ideal or way of life that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, accident and depth of nature.
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The entire project was built in exposed concrete under architect Tadao Ando's quality guidelines and traditional palapas from the coast.
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