In Tulum, V Taller Inverts the Symbolism of the Tower of Babel: Mexican architects V Taller reconcile housing for tourists and long-term residents with urban chaos at the edge of the rapidly developing Mayan jungle. Metropolis, September 15, 2026.
In the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the Babylonians create a winding ziggurat that climbs up to celestial heights, but in their quest to conquer nature, denizens are confronted by a chaotic multitude of languages that bring them back to earth. In the Babel residential development in Tulum, Mexico, by contrast, the tower becomes a restorative place at the center of a series of arched volumes containing multifamily housing. The architects at V Taller, based in Guadalajara and Mexico City, created a calm, healing environment that reconnects the site to the Mayan jungle.
“For us, it was a search to harmonize the architecture, the landscape, the experience, the light, and the noise, using all of the tools we have as architects to transform the space and the context,” says Miguel Valverde, the firm’s codirector.
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