KINEKI is a system that brings together construction and lifestyle, using sustainable materials and an innovative lego-like method that adapts to every space and every need.

KINEKI Tepoztlán grew out of the need to build an affordable, efficient weekend house — one that reconnects with nature and rethinks the way we inhabit a place.

The project is based on a lego-like system of prefabricated modules measuring 3.60 × 3.60 × 3.60 m, joined by precise connections that call for no specialised labour. The method makes construction fast, flexible and low in environmental impact.

Set in Tepoztlán, Morelos, this group of three houses is part of a continuing exploration of how to build sustainably, modularly and humanely, bringing together technology, design and nature.

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The system. Every module measures 3.60 metres wide, long and high, which is why they connect to one another in so many configurations. They are assembled with precise joints that call for no specialised labour.

Timber is the key material: it is reusable and recyclable, it stores carbon, and building with it takes 24 times less energy than building with concrete. The name comes from the Nahuatl quinequi, “he wants”.

The same module becomes houses, hotel rooms, classrooms, shops, cabins, pavilions and terraces.

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