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Ceiba Resort

Riviera Maya, Mexico
2026
Concept and Architecture
Omerler Mimarlik
Visualisation
Atelier Aida
Services
CGI, Art Direction, Motion
Year
2026

CEIBA began as an unrealised resort concept in the archive of Ömerler Architecture, the Istanbul practice where I spent my entire architectural career. Many ideas there were drawn and proposed but never went further than concept. I have started returning to some of them, not to rebuild them as they were, but to ask what they could become now. CEIBA is the first of those.

Guney Kurdak

Infinity pool at Ceiba Resort looking out to the Caribbean at sunset. Riviera Maya, Mexico, Omerler MimarlikJungle pool and shaded pavilions at Ceiba ResortSymmetrical courtyard with water channels between the Ceiba villasPlanted courtyard and reflecting pool at Ceiba ResortTimber-shaded terrace above the jungle canopy at Ceiba ResortVilla pool enclosed by stone walls and jungle at Ceiba ResortDouble-height living pavilion opening to the pool at Ceiba ResortVilla bedroom with sliding glass onto the pool terrace at Ceiba ResortStone bathroom with a freestanding bath at Ceiba ResortShaded terrace lounge above the treetops at Ceiba ResortBeachfront pool and daybeds under palms at Ceiba ResortLit water channel between villas at Ceiba Resort at nightOpen-air lounge with a fire table at Ceiba ResortStone sculpture in the entrance hall of a Ceiba Resort villaBeach club pool and firepit at dusk at Ceiba ResortCorridor of timber screens along a reflecting pool at Ceiba ResortStone-lined passage opening to the jungle at Ceiba ResortStill from the CEIBA Sian Kaan film: the carved stone entrance monolith among palmsCeiba Resort sign on the beach among palmsTimber-lined entrance corridor beside water at Ceiba ResortBeachfront cabanas and infinity pool at sunset at Ceiba ResortSlatted timber walls and planting along a Ceiba Resort water courtOpen-sided restaurant pavilion in the jungle at Ceiba ResortLit walkway between timber pergolas at Ceiba Resort