8 – New elements
Washbasins / Lavabi
Washbasins / Lavabi
New elements – 9
Mexico
Yucatan
Cenote [θe’note] – ‘acqua sacra’ nella
variante latinoamericana [se’note], dal maya
arcaico tzonoot, è il nome dato in America
Centrale e Messico meridionale a un tipo di
grotta con presenza di acqua dolce.
Cenote [θe’note] - ‘sacred water’ in the Latin
American variant [se’note], from the archaic
Mayan tzonoot, is the name given in Central
America and southern Mexico to a type of
cave with the presence of fresh water.
sweet water
salt water
Types of Cenotes
Tipi di Cenote
“Cenote is a collection of washbasins that
love to surprise with their extreme and
somehow unexpected artisanal approach
... a project that distances itself from the
decorative approach and favors the contrast
between roughness and a certain fresh
smoothness ...” – Patricia Urquiola
1 – Grutas
2 – Càntaro
3 – Cilindrico
4 – Aguada
Photo by Jared Rice