A house integrated with the exterior. House in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio
30/06/2020.
[Mexico City] Mexico
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The Mexican architecture studio Manuel Cervantes Estudio has designed a house in Mexico City, Mexico. The land on which this house is located is very particular, since it has a very narrow street front and develops in length.
The project uses the inclination of the land to achieve maximum spatial and visual integration with the exterior, so that all spaces can have good lighting and green areas become an extension of interior spaces.
The project uses the inclination of the land to achieve maximum spatial and visual integration with the exterior, so that all spaces can have good lighting and green areas become an extension of interior spaces.
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Photograph by Rafael Gamo
Site plan. Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio.
Floor plans. Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio.
Sections. Housing in Amatepec by Manuel Cervantes Estudio.
The house made by Manuel Cervantes Estudio adapts to the topography of the land and consists of three volumes that integrate the interior social area with the different greens areas, the kitchen, and finally the study, all connected through a corridor that articulates with the open spaces.
The exteriors are covered with a white ceramic material that creates a play of lights and shadows with the different volumes, generating an envelope that opens to the outside and allows obtaining an organic house that is well inserted in the place.
The exteriors are covered with a white ceramic material that creates a play of lights and shadows with the different volumes, generating an envelope that opens to the outside and allows obtaining an organic house that is well inserted in the place.
Description of project by Manuel Cervantes Estudio
Housing in Amatepec is a project built in an area of Mexico City that has a determinant topographic condition toward a ravine.The property has a very narrow front, 14 meters towards the street and a length of 77 meters, which made us analyze how it could be achieved that all areas will have good lighting and relate to the outside.
This architectural starting point generated a total spatial and visual integration and thus, each one of the spaces destined to green areas become an extension of the interior spaces.
The main access to the house is given with an almost blind volume lined with white ceramic material that creates a game between light and shadows with the different volumes.
Using an existing Jacaranda as the center of an aromatic garden, the pedestrian entrance to the ground floor is generated. This access is located at 1.5 meters from the sidewalk level, with the aim that the volume does not stand out and respect the ground levels.
The program consists of three volumes on the ground floor that integrate a social area with a living room and dining room, as a multipurpose space that allows coexistence with the different green areas and an external social space. In another volume is the kitchen which has the option (given the conditions of the client) to become two spaces of simultaneous use, and finally the study, both spaces connected by a corridor that is articulated with the different green areas.
On the upper floor, a hallway connects with a family room overlooking the Jacaranda and the main garden, two bedrooms overlooking the central garden and finally, two bedrooms overlooking the ravine.
As a top of the corridor there’s an opening that separates this volume by generating an entrance of light benefiting the interior space.
The project reflects a combination of overlapping volumes lined each one with the ceramic material, creating an enclosure that opens to the outside.
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Architects
Manuel Cervantes Estudio.- Manuel Cervantes Céspedes, Mariloly Rodríguez.
Collaborators
Landscape Architect.- Entorno, Taller de Paisaje.
Builder
Grupo Inmobiliario Hermon.
Photography
Manuel Cervantes Céspedes. Manuel Cervantes Estudio
Manuel Cervantes Céspedes, director of CC Arqiotectps, and graduated as an architect from the Anáhuac del Norte University. In 2002 he founded CC Arquitectos | now Manuel Cervantes Estudio. He has worked with institutions such as the Center for Promoting Architectural and Urban Culture (CCAU) in Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, on the Intertectonics II course; the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) in the United States, and the Madrid Transport Consortium in Spain.
He has been awarded by 22 national and international prizes, notably the Luis Barragán Lifetime Achievement Award from Mexico’s College of Architects-Society of Mexican Architects (CAM-SAM), the Architectural League of New York 2015 Emerging Voices, the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award 2014, and first prize in the architectural design category at the 19th Quito Pan-American Architecture Biennial - BAQ 2014.
He has been awarded by 22 national and international prizes, notably the Luis Barragán Lifetime Achievement Award from Mexico’s College of Architects-Society of Mexican Architects (CAM-SAM), the Architectural League of New York 2015 Emerging Voices, the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award 2014, and first prize in the architectural design category at the 19th Quito Pan-American Architecture Biennial - BAQ 2014.
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