MEXICO A SEEMINGLY IMPENETRABLE HOUSE
Near the archaeological site of Tepozteco, in the Morelos region of Mexico, a vaguely fractal planimetric system irregularly distributes a series of distinct volumes that are impenetrable from the outside. Once you cross the threshold of the entrance, the complex fabric of the building is reconnected by a fluid system of patios, gardens and outdoor paths that insinuate themselves into the heart of the house, leading you to explore its hidden recesses: the epicentre of the composition is the large garden to the east, around which the built masses fade into large windows from which the view of the mountains bursts in.
An endogenous force seems to animate the construction: around the garden, the volumes thicken to house the main rooms (the living-dining room, the lounge, the kitchen, the bedroom); from the central core, satellite bodies that house the accessory services (the gym, the guest rooms, the study, the technical and service rooms) detach themselves to appropriate the residual spaces of the area, denouncing their functional and distributive autonomy.
The envelope, made up of a system of expanded polystyrene panels covered with slats of colored concrete in earthy tones, delicately makes the construction vanish into the landscape, leaving the doubt that it has always been there.
By: Domusweb.it
Ph credits: Mariana Achach
