

Our cinemas
By Michell Lewis and Yasha Lewis
Architects
THE HEART OF BEAUTY
Deep in the dust stirred by the passing of years, like an old voice echoing from another life, lies a building... or something resembling a building. A threshold, perhaps. A place of passage where time folds upon itself and space coils like the echo of a whisper lost among the pillars. It is not just any building. It is, rather, a song tied between things that were and those that are nothing more than a mirage. Theater, cinema, teaching, words that intertwine, like braided threads, within a single silence. Because when you cross that door, you feel the hours fall away, the weight of time sloughing off like a dry crust. You enter and, without knowing it, you sink into a world where what is seen and what is hidden play at gazing at each other in the same reflection.
This building doesn't rest on ordinary foundations; its roots are deeper, more ancient. They are roots of sacred numbers, of geometries that whisper what others, centuries ago, already knew. The footsteps that echo here seem to revive an old walk, as if every corner harbored the shadow of someone who once saw what lies beneath the skin of the world. Every tapestry, every shadow is a fragment, a piece of something larger, woven in a dance that only those who dare to listen in silence can understand. In this place, time and space embrace, intertwining like two hands that have always known each other. It is not a place you simply walk through; each step is heavy, as if it carries the echo of those who came before, leaving behind an invisible trail. It is a space that demands stillness, looking with eyes that not only see, but dig, like someone searching for water in a dry well.
Here, the curtains and columns aren't just parts of a building; they're guardians, doors that, if you listen, whisper secrets that have never ceased to exist.
And when you enter the theater, you don't enter just any old room. No. Here, the theater is like an ancient altar, a space that feels sacred, where stories aren't mere tales. They're rituals, silent prayers, an attempt to grasp something that slips from our grasp. Here, cinema doesn't limit itself to projecting images; it opens windows, like eyes that peer into the souls of those who look. Here, teaching isn't just about transmitting knowledge from one person to another; it's about opening a door, stretching a thread between those who came before and those yet to come.
This place is a kind of stage, but not for spectators to sit and watch. No. Here, everyone who enters becomes a pilgrim, a traveler in search of something they can't name. In these walls woven with threads, in these shadows, architecture is not just fabric or wood. It is something more, like a sigh that lingers, something that reminds us that the eternal lives hidden in what lasts only an instant. Every corner is a fragment of a story that isn't told, but rather intuited. Like when the wind passes gently over a field, and there is no one to hear it, but one knows that in that subtle movement, something lives.
This is what this place feels like. A place not meant only to be seen. One comes here to feel, to let the eyes be insufficient and the soul take charge of understanding. And here, each number has its weight, each space measures a time that never passes. Fifty-two, the cycle of the New Fire. Five seats per row, like the fifth sun illuminating our era. Thirteen rows rising like the levels of the sky. The four corners supporting, like the seasons, the elements. And twenty curtains, like twenty steps in a ritual dance that follows the rhythm of time, which never stops moving, even if one cannot see it.
It's not a place to stop. It's a place where every step seems to remind us that time is a circle, that every glance we cast upon the world is merely a reflection of something deeper. Here, one doesn't just sit and watch; one becomes part of the air, part of the shadows, and every step is an echo that reminds us that the world is larger, older, and that the eternal has never ceased to be.
This is a place where one enters and ceases to be. There are no spectators here. There are pilgrims.


STUDIES IN MEXICAN CITIES
Photographs:
Marina Yampolsky, Hugo Brehme












GENESIS
The connection between poetry and space to give rise to an architectural body anchored in its environment.
Towns of Mexico
And, above all, look with innocence. As if poverty didn't exist, as if forgotten villages didn't cry out in silence—which, for many, is true.
Like a brightly colored mural in a remote village, worn and slowly erased by the indifference of the rain.
It covers the memory of their faces with masks of empty promises while scaring away those who once dreamed of being something more.
And thirst, memory, is thirst. Thirst for justice, thirst for opportunity. I, down below, at the bottom of the well of a forgotten town, drank the bitter water of abandonment: memory.
Like someone who wishes to know nothing. Nothing. Mouth closed. Eyelids averting the view. We forget. But inside, the wind—that wind of hope trapped in oblivion—keeps blowing. Everything is closed, but the wind remains inside.
The silence is real, and that's why I speak. I speak because someone trembles in the hills of misery. Even if I say sun and moon and stars, they are nothing more than distant lights that barely reach the lost villages.
And what did they want?
They desired perfect silence, a silence not empty, but full of peace and dignity.
That's why I write. The delight of losing myself in the image of a different Mexico, one where memory is not erased. I rose from my own corpse and went out in search of what we are: pilgrims of our identity, searching for the truth in a country wounded by the winds of inequality.
And my endless fall, our endless fall, because when we look at those who await us, we see nothing but ourselves.
And who are we if we do nothing?
Yasha Lewi
CONCEPT
Architectural birth








ATMOSPHERE - LIGHT - MATTER - SOUL





Architecture as a living being
Understanding spatiality not only as a physical dimension, but as a feeling, a state of mind, an atmosphere that envelops and defines the experience of being, leads us to conceive architecture not as a structure, but as a sensorium. A sensorial architecture that transcends conventional boundaries to invite coexistence, foster cultural harmony, and nurture physical and mental well-being.
In this vision, architecture becomes a mediator between humans and nature, a perpetual dialogue between interior and exterior. This type of architecture seeks to orchestrate the pleasures that arise from the arts, people, and knowledge, inviting a deep and meaningful interaction with the environment. Each material element is a note in a symphony of colors and textures that shape sequences of fresh and invigorating atmospheres.
These atmospheres not only invite conviviality but also enhance it, creating a space where interaction becomes a spontaneous and natural act. In this poetic approach to architecture, spaces are conceived as dynamic settings that respond to and stimulate the senses, transforming each moment into a unique and unrepeatable experience.
Thus, architecture does not simply shelter life, but participates in it, breathes and vibrates with it, becoming a refuge for the soul that constantly seeks beauty and balance in its surroundings.
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
First floor, 1080 m2

1.- Access
2.- Office
3.- WC
4.-Auditorium
5.-Screen
Upper floor, 85 m2

1.- Projection room and storage room
SECTION AND FACADE



ISOMETRIC

FIRST FLOOR AREAS

SECOND FLOOR AREAS

ISOMETRIC EXPLOSION

CATALOG OF MATERIALS
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Think of architecture as a mass, as a membrane, a fabric, a kind of covering, a garment, that envelops everything: they form the body of architecture.
Materials react with each other and develop their own radiance. Thus, the composition of the material gives rise to something unique, evoked to transmute and elevate human strength and energy. They create a sensorial language that ages over the years, and therein lies their beauty.
THE BODY OF ARCHITECTURE
Mark I
Ollin Detlani Cinema-Theatre, 2025
Exterior view

Mark II
Ollin Detlani Cinema-Theatre, 2025
Exterior view

Mark III
Ollin Detlani Cinema-Theatre, 2025
Exterior view

Realism I
Ollin Detlani Cinema-Theatre, 2025
Inside view

Realism II
Ollin Detlani Cinema-Theatre, 2025
Inside view

Every dream
is your own draft.
The dream is just a gesture,
a gesture that attempts to reveal
what cannot be achieved.
The biggest dreams,
the noblest,
They are nothing more than a lucky spark.
Every dream is infinite.
Every dream is the genesis.
Every shared dream
weaves the future.
Every dream that is born
It is the beginning of something immense.
Yasha Lewis
MYU ARCHITECTS
Founded in 1985, MYU ARCHITECTS designs and builds spaces that explore memory, nature, and time.
With more than 100 completed projects and a team of certified architects and professionals with postgraduate studies in several countries, they approach each project as a living entity that connects the human experience with what is essential. For MYU ARCHITECTS, architecture is not just functionality; it is harmony. It is the dialogue between materials that age gracefully, the nature that surrounds them, and the emotions they evoke in those who inhabit them.
Inspired by the relationship between art and sustainability, they design works that breathe, remember, and transform the environment, seeking not only beauty but also a positive impact on the present and a legacy for the future.

Michel Lewis
Architect
