Finalist (Tatiana Bilbao Estudio), Jordan International Design Competition

Tatiana Bilbao Estudio was selected as one of seven finalists in the international competition for the Museum of the Baptism of Jesus, planned for the town of Bethany in Jordan.

Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO (Mexico)

With Landscape Design – Bureau Bas Smets; Exhibition Design – Tatiana BilbaoESTUDIO; Engineering – Sener; and Lighting Consultant – CUBE.BZ.

The site lies at the confluence of two complementing forces: the geometric order ofthe cultivated fields and the organic, meandering flows of the wadi systems. From thismeeting point emerges our project, a space shaped by both geometry and water,structure and movement.

The concept of baptism, rooted in the idea of immersion, becomes our guiding principle. Here, immersion is both physical and spiritual: you enter beneath a vasthovering roof that provides shade, nurtures trees, and hosts the program within.

Water is ever-present, circulating through the project, guiding movement, and reappearing as humidity, reflection, and growth. It defines the atmosphere, transforming the space into an experience rather than a building. To enter this placeis to be immersed in landscape, in light, in water, a contemporary evocation of thebaptism of Jesus, where architecture becomes a vessel for education and connection.