International Architecture Competition
Master Plan 2017
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Tafer Hotels & Resorts
TAFER is a forward thinking leisure and hospitality company with an ever-growing and evolving collection of award-winning hotels, resorts and boutique villas. Tafer’s founders have launched this competition because their brands rely on excellent design as well as being at the forefront of what is happening in the field of architecture and design.
The Site
The site that is open for intervention neighbors Tafer’s existing Garza Blanca luxury beach resort development, contouring the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountain range and fronting a sandy Pacific Ocean beach. Taking these factors into consideration, the site is open to a vast range of opportunities for commercial and residential use.
Innovation
Participants are asked to create ground-breaking and inventive projects with the intention of provoking and questioning our perceived notions of hospitality.
The proposal can range in size, form and function and is therefore open to any number of creative projections, including but not limited to: a series of pavilions, a collection of buildings, a thematic park, a residential project, urban landscapes and more.
Prizes
- 1º Prize$5000 USD
- 2º Prize$3000 USD
- 3º Prize$2000 USD
- 4º Prize$1000 USD
The Winners
1st Prize
- Competitor
- TC-TN427Q
- Project
- Coral Forest Society
2º Prize
- Competitor
- TC-M82F3T
- Project
- Eco Life
3º Prize
- Competitor
- TC-MQT2G4
- Project
- Las Islas Club
4º Prize
- Competitor
- TC-2YN7RK
- Project
- Vertical Landscape
Honorable Mentions
- Competitor
- TC-TP7RDZ
- Project
- Boat Towers
- Competitor
- TC-7FD9X6
- Project
- Natural Terraces
- Competitor
- TC-BM10TW
- Project
- Eco Resort Park
- Competitor
- TC-3SHZ5X
- Project
- Pause/Moment
- Competitor
- TC-K8S20X
- Project
- Frozen Clouds
- Competitor
- TC-BRE58C
- Project
- Samsara Wheel
- Competitor
- TC-LJ8PNM
- Project
- Horizontal Landscape
- Competitor
- TC-YKX7EQ
- Project
- Sky Journey
- Competitor
- TC-3NWVZ1
- Project
- Nature Creates
FINALISTS
The Jury and Tafer Hotels & Resorts would like to thank all of the candidates who submitted entries for the competition and to commend participants for their creativity and ingenuity.
- TC-1FEB40
- TC-2Y0S3C
- TC-3O1YXF
- TC-4MPEW8
- TC-4NKWHY
- TC-5RO9DJ
- TC-6H8PMJ
- TC-6MUSH7
- TC-7DJVAS
- TC-8X31KI
- TC-9VQ130
- TC-15T9ER
- TC-21QIDL
- TC-920A4W
- TC-BEKOIJ
- TC-C3DRFT
- TC-DQ25WL
- TC-DUEIV4
- TC-F705B2
- TC-FTJAOU
- TC-GI4V8O
- TC-H9I8LW
- TC-IM7SR2
- TC-JRITA9
- TC-KP6ISO
- TC-LYPW17
- TC-MDCBUH
- TC-O2E3PL
- TC-QHW8C9
- TC-RUXK48
- TC-SBF39C
- TC-SYTQ2R
- TC-TL49G7
- TC-UEVHX9
- TC-V0PMDT
- TC-VEA83H
- TC-W2EN7M
- TC-WMBYGI
- TC-XIG4V0
- TC-Y5XAS6
The Jury
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Fernando González Corona
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Owner, Founder and President of Tafer Hotels & Resorts -
Robert KistnerPresident of Garza Blanca Residence Club and Club Caribe
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Fernando González, Jr.Project Director for the Cancun and Riviera Maya Region
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Javier MorenoInterior Design Director at Tafer Hotels & Resorts
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Carlos PalomeraArchitect. Design research partner at Kreative Room
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Karoll GonzálezCreative Director at Kreative Room & Founder of Mindfulhabits
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Odín LópezArchitecture Project Coordinator at Tafer Resorts
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Rubén HernándezArchitecture Project Coordinator at Tafer Resorts
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Devin GharakhanianCreative Director, Experience Designer and Entrepreneur
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Calendar
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OpeningOctober 22, 2016 -
Registration - phase 1October 23 to 30, 2016 - FREE! -
Registration - phase 2October 31, 2016 to Jan 5, 2017 - Students: $1 USD | Profesionals: $50 USD -
Submissions deadlineJanuary 31, 2017 -
Jury summoningFebruary 7, 2017 -
Winners announcementFebruary 8, 2017 - Publications and prizes February 16, 2017
COMPETITION CLOSED
Thanks to all of the candidates who submitted entries for the competition.