{"id":808648,"date":"2026-03-06T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/808648\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:42:20","slug":"oma-unveils-domed-casa-wabi-mushroom-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/808648\/","title":{"rendered":"OMA unveils domed Casa Wabi Mushroom Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York office of OMA<\/a> has created an incubator for mushroom production on the campus of arts organisation Fundaci\u00f3n Casa Wabi<\/a> in Oaxaca, Mexico.<\/p>\n

An OMA<\/a> team led by architect Shohei Shigematsu completed the 200-square-metre dome, alongside other pavilions by famed architects on the Casa Wabi property, which is north of the city of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca.<\/p>\n

\"ViewOMA has completed the Mushroom Pavilion at Casa Wabi<\/p>\n

The Mushroom Pavilion was designed to “convey its simple yet important function” according to OMA.<\/p>\n

Formally, it is an ellipsoidal dome made of concrete panels that radiate around an oculus, which brings a specific amount of light into the space for cultivation and gatherings.<\/p>\n

\"AerialOMA created a domed structure for the beachfront site<\/p>\n

“We conceived a pavilion for the very specific function of mushroom cultivation while offering a space for people to come together,” said Shigematsu.<\/p>\n

“The result is an incubator of both food and community that’s spatially fit to support all types of activities for the locals, visitors, and the foundation.”<\/p>\n

\"FrontPoured-in-place concrete was made to retain the iron-rich water, allowing for the development of a patina over time<\/p>\n

The dome itself is composed of poured-in-place concrete. It has been “stamped” with burlap, a move the architects said was to retain the water of the region, which is high in iron and will give the concrete a specific patina over time.<\/p>\n

Under the patchworked intrados, steps ring the circular space, illuminated in part by the oculus.<\/p>\n

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CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The chamber has been divided into three areas by walkways, each area for a different stage of the mushroom process \u2013 one for fruiting, one for incubation and one for storage \u2013 with additional space for people to sit.<\/p>\n

OMA described this set up as a “panopticon viewing experience”. The different stages of the process can be shown all at once.<\/p>\n

\"OculusAn oculus brings light into the interior gathering and cultivation space<\/p>\n

While the inward focus of the process is paramount, OMA also made concessions to the landscape, despite the closed nature of the structure.<\/p>\n

From inside, a staircase leads up to a rectangular viewing platform that protrudes from the top of the structure, which allows for views of the ocean-side landscape.<\/p>\n

\"ViewfinderA set of stairs leads to a rectangular viewfinder window<\/p>\n

Fundaci\u00f3n Casa Wabi, led by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, has a primary building that serves as a residence, gallery and workshop that was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando.<\/p>\n

The Japanese influence on the organisation of the property was meaningful to Shigematsu, himself Japanese.<\/p>\n

“As a Japanese architect, it was especially meaningful to contribute an art campus guided by Japanese philosophy and spatial traditions,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"OMAThe building is among dozens of structures at Fundaci\u00f3n Casa Wabi<\/p>\n

The Casa Wabi property is anchored on the Ando building, but the practice of commissioning architects to construct functional pavilions on the property has become a regular exercise.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Kengo Kuma designed a blackened-wood chicken coop<\/a>, while Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, who also designed the Casa Wabi Mexico City outpost<\/a>, designed a ceramics workshop with an imposing chimney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A variety of other architectural marvels dot the coastline adjacent to Casa Wabi, such as a retreat designed as an “ode to antiquity”<\/a> by Mexican architect and Tezontle co-founder Carlos H Matos.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Rafael Gamo.<\/p>\n

Project credits:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Partner-in-charge:<\/strong> Shohei Shigematsu
Project architects:<\/strong> Shary Tawil, Caroline Corbett
Team:<\/strong> Dylan Wei, Francesco Rosati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York office of OMA has created an incubator for mushroom production on the campus of arts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,233724,30272,4022,100643,77,2132,20658,117438,126129,126130,16,15],"class_list":["post-808648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-casa-wabi","tag-concrete","tag-design","tag-domes","tag-entertainment","tag-mexico","tag-oaxaca","tag-oma","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116184177088643141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}