Article source: casaPublia

SOGA, Sounds of Gaia, is a sound healing center located in Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico. It accommodates, in a 3,000 sq. m. plot and 1,500 sq. m. construction, an ecumenical forum, temple dedicated to sound, a professional sound recording studio, an outdoors forum, therapy rooms, coffee shop, store, offices and sleeping rooms.

Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo

• Architects: casaPublia (Pamela Moreno and Patricio Guerrero.)
• Project: SOGA-Sounds of Gaia
• Location: Jiutepec, México
• Photography: Rafael Gamo
• Collaborator: Jair Valdez, Amaury Sentíes, Geovanna Preciado, Fernando Resendiz, Sebastián Gnaedig, Ernesto Escudero, Jessica Arias, Ernesto Rivera,Paolo González, Lorena Ruiz, Alejandra Hernández, Anna Salcedo, Rodrigo Durán
• Planning, coordination and construction: PCC Construcción (Hilario Trejo)
• Structure project: MONCAD (Jorge Cadena), DAE (Juan Felipe Heredia Mellado)
• Installations: Hydraulic and sanitary project , Modulo Solar (Joaquin Ponce) , BioE / Plastic Plumbers (Héctor Juárez y Alejandro Lirusso)
• Electric project: AIECC co. (Maximino Zárraga) , BioE / Plastic Plumbers (Héctor Juárez y Alejandro Lirusso)
• Acoustics advice and project: Spickatto Studio (Héctor Castañón)
• Parametric Design: matter (Pablo I. Kobayashi)
• Materials: Laboratorio de Arquitecura Básica (Arq. Juan Casillas)
• Landscaping: casaPública (Pamela Moreno Caballero y Patricio D Guerrero), Ambiente Arquitectos (Juan Guerra y Fritz Sigg) , Aspersa (Francisco Arias)
• Legal: Carlos Olivares
• Traps: Tenso estructuras
• Software used: Draftsight and Sketchup.

Project Area

• Constructed: 1500 m2 (1,640.42 yd)
• Landscape: 1500 m2 (1,640.42 yd)