Museum-hostel in the pre‑Incan ruins of Kuelap. It features a 10‑floor tower with 20 hostel rooms, a semi-buried base which holds services and a museum with several exhibition halls. The proposal is based on sustainable green building concepts: living walls, natural ventilation, solar panels and a green roof.

Scope of work
Architects Luis Rocca and Carla Anton
Competition of ideas and preliminary drafts

Owner
Arquitectum

Comments
First Prize at the International Architectural Competition: Kuelap 2007, organized by Arquitectum. The competition had 178 participating teams from 56 countries.