Ikal / Cabrera Arqs

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Text description provided by the architects.Ikal, whose name in Mayan means "wind" or "spirit", is an architectural sanctuary dedicated to meditation and contemplation of the night sky. It is a place of searching for the spirit, a refuge where individuals can find themselves under the light of the stars. Architecturally, Ikal is presented as a night observatory, a 9-meter-diameter chukun cylinder that, during the day, frames the blue skies of the Yucatan Peninsula and, at night, is illuminated with stars that look like fireflies dancing in the sky. architectural space.