sipalitos

category
design
Location
Tulum, Mexico
Year
2025
Info
sipalitos — losdosuno took place at Laguna Sipalitos in Tulum as a gathering shaped by water, nature, and human connection. Conceived as an open-air encounter, the project positioned music as a shared language and the landscape itself as a meeting point.
rastro led the spatial design intervention, developing a lightweight architectural system that interacted directly with the natural environment.
Over 100 meters of natural unbleached canvas were cut into 4-meter drops in two widths (1.20 m and 1.40 m). Patterns were first drawn manually, then rebuilt as vector compositions and laser-cut into the fabric to create precise negative space. The textile panels were rigged across the site — suspended between palm trees and along the palapa perimeter — shaping light, shadow, and airflow throughout the day. Rather than imposing structure onto the landscape, the intervention worked with wind and sunlight, allowing the installation to remain in constant subtle motion. As night fell, the dock became a central visual axis through laser mapping. Its structure was re-drawn in motion using linear laser outlines — tracing edges, planks, rails, and contours. The linework was layered in progressive passes that traveled along the pier and extended toward the water, then synchronized to the music to create controlled timing and rhythmic pulses. The result was a site-specific environment where textile, laser, sound, and landscape converged — an ephemeral architecture built from repetition, precision, and atmosphere.












Credits
Design:
Sofía Fitzgerald
Arturo Hernández Príncipe
Laser Mapping:
Arturo Hernández Príncipe
Photography:
Carlos Vargas Bernal
produced by rastro.


