And that is our purpose in architecture, to unite what was separated to return all people to nature. The particle "ar", which is also shared in the word art, means to unite. Architecture has a critical responsibility in the future of human beings. Similarly, in the field of architecture, our aim is to take out the man from the cave, physically and conceptually speaking. We want to propose a way to approach life, to come out of the caves in which we have enclosed ourselves and explore our creativity without destroying, by uniting, collaborating. And we are inspired by the shapes of nature: dynamic, irregular, asymmetrical and harmonious. R: In our projects, we seek to respect all the beings that came before, to honour the forms of the soil, to coexist with the trees. The AZULIK residence by Roth Architecture Image: Courtesy of Roth ArchitectureĪA: What inspires your philosophy of representing the man-nature relationship through your works and emulating natural architecture? Do you subscribe to Animism? Then, collaboratively we found a way to do it manually, and merging all the ideas together, we achieved a structure for the dome that integrated sacred geometry and craftsmanship. We had to remodel the dome of the AZULIK hotel in Tulum and the circumstances forced us to come up with creative ways to find solutions that would give us height and not impact the environment. My first approach to architecture was born in an unpredictable way: out of necessity.
Observing, learning from difficulties and solving challenges creatively. R: We have learned that the creative process is about letting the shapes flow. I would never forget that image of the gentleman, the painter, who was also an architect: "For me that image is the Rosebud of Citizen Kane".ĪA: Please tell us about your very first project? Did it ascribe to your distinct style?
He looked at me, curious, trying to understand what I was doing, observing his painting for so long, apparently doing nothing. Roth (R): The first moment closest to architecture occurred to me when I was 12-years-old, when I accompanied one of my friends to his father's atelier and saw him in front of his canvas, motionless, with his paintings in his hand. Roth, founder and CEO of AZULIK and Roth Architecture, is a self-taught, interdisciplinary architect and designer Image: Courtesy of Roth ArchitectureĪnmol Ahuja (AA): What is your first memory of a great building or architecture, and how did it initiate your journey into the craft? In a conversation of candour, Roth talks with STIR on his journey so far, his projects, inspirations, and the impact he seeks to make in the world of architecture and design through his cross-disciplinary creations. Through his ventures, including AZULIK, an eco-resort in Tulum, and the Ancestral Smart City, he seeks to reconnect man to nature and its infinite, ancient yet everlasting wisdom. His architecture succinctly belongs to the soil, the earth, and as a strong believer in the wisdom and power of the hand that creates, sculpts, and builds, Roth seeks to bridge where we came from, and where we are going, through a harmonious string lined with the pearls of ancestry, handicraft, nature, and the power of creation begetting them. Unbound by mathematical geometry in the form of “habitats” he designs, his creations follow the geometry of nature. Founder of AZULIK, SFER IK, Enchanting Transformation, and the creative leader of Roth Architecture, Eduardo Neira, more popularly known as Roth, is a self-taught architect navigating through the immensely dense landscape of today’s architecture: one that finds its definition, more often than not, in concrete, steel and glass.
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