Glamping: living and connecting

Breathe tranquility.

Sleeping under the stars is no longer synonymous with discomfort. Glamping —that fusion of glamour and camping— has ceased to be a passing trend to become a new way of understanding tourism and architecture: more sustainable, more experiential, and more connected to the environment.

At BC Estudio, we’ve been exploring this relationship between comfort and nature, between architecture and landscape, for years. Designing spaces in the heart of the forest, by the sea, or in a remote desert is not just an aesthetic decision — it’s an exercise in listening, integration, and deep respect for the place. In our glamping-related projects, we don’t aim to impose a form, but rather to discover it. Because every terrain, every climate, every culture has something to say — if you know how to observe.

The term glamping began gaining popularity in countries like the United Kingdom, South Africa, and New Zealand in the early 2000s, but its roots go much further back — to 19th-century luxury expeditions and nomadic camps equipped with unexpected comforts. However, it was after the COVID-19 pandemic that this trend experienced its greatest surge. The need to reconnect with nature, avoid crowds, and find slower, more mindful ways of traveling sparked a new perspective on tourism: more intimate, more sustainable, and more integrated with the environment.

Glamping Lo Maset

Current trends point toward architecture that is increasingly ephemeral, modular, and self-sufficient. Geodesic domes, elevated cabins, bioclimatic tent designs... but behind each form lies an intention: to bring humans closer to what is essential. At BC Estudio, we see glamping as an opportunity to rethink how we inhabit space and time. It’s not just about sleeping in a beautiful place — it’s about waking up in an environment that transforms us.

Examples of this approach can be found in projects like Lo Maset, a retreat nestled in the Mediterranean landscape and designed to blend seamlessly with its surroundings, or The Lagoon, a concept where water, vegetation, and architecture intertwine to create an immersive, natural, and sophisticated experience. Both reflect our commitment to an architecture that adapts to the land, minimizes environmental impact, and offers guests much more than a place to stay: a sensory journey, a meaningful connection.

Glamping The Lagoon

In our projects, we are committed to functional solutions that respect the environment: accommodations built with local materials, lightweight structures or ones partially integrated into the terrain, passive strategies for ventilation and natural lighting, and designs that aim to minimize impact without sacrificing comfort. An architecture that does not seek to impose itself, but to belong.

Perhaps true innovation does not lie in inventing new forms, but in looking at nature again — with humility. And from there, designing a new way of inhabiting the world.