Light-oak tambour panelling covers the walls and curves onto the ceiling inside this yoga studio in Mexico City, designed by local firm Talo Atelier.

Align Studio offers yoga sessions, pilates classes and other wellness-focused activities within a flexible studio space that Talo Atelier founder Tadeo López Toledano designed to feel warm, centring and coherent.

"The proposal moves away from the conventional logic of a gym to construct a more sensitive journey: a gradual transition between the energy of the city and an interior environment where body, mind, and spirit find a shared direction," said Talo Atelier.

The 200-square-metre space contains a reception, waiting area, smoothie bar, lockers, changing rooms, kitchen, terrace and training rooms.

These are laid out along a continuous circulation path that visitors can follow intuitively to navigate as part of their exercise routine.

"Architecture operates here as a silent guide: organising flows, containing the body, regulating light, and allowing entry into another state of attention," said the team.

Throughout the studio, vertical oak slats provide add depth and texture while also acting as an orientation element.

In the main exercise studio, the slats cover the walls and curve onto the ceiling, and also clad bi-fold partitions that can be utilised to divide or open the space as needed.

Large mirrors were framed by organic cutouts in the slat-covered walls, which are highlighted by LEDs installed along their edges.

"In dialogue with mirrors, curves, and illuminated portals, the wood expands the perception of depth, conceals divisions, and allows the rooms to open or subdivide depending on the needs of each session," Talo Atelier said.

In the locker rooms, warm-toned plaster is applied across the walls, ceiling and tiered seating, while a central glossy volume sits below a circular luminaire.

Lines of light trace the edges of the floor, ceiling junctions, mirrors and other curved elements to accentuate shapes and soften transitions between surfaces.

Cylindrical stone basins were positioned in front of tall arched mirrors, with faucets in the form of vertical metal pipes suspended from the ceiling.

"The project's technical complexity is integrated discreetly, preserving a serene reading of the whole," said the team.

The meditative nature of yoga often calls for calm, minimalist interior spaces in which to practice the ancient Indian discipline.

Examples across the globe include a retreat created in a centuries-old French hamlet, a studio with a dark canopy-like ceiling in Taipai and a series of rattan pods in Bangkok.

The photography is by Leandro Bulzzano.