Casa Peñas, new single family house by CCA

Description of project by CCA - Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica

Casa Peñas is located in the South Pedregal of Mexico City, from its origins, this area has been characterized by housing large single-family residences.

The house develops inside a large wall of volcanic stone that encloses a private garden. The volumes that make up the project, are separated from said walls generating spaces, auctions and lights. The various spaces of the house are turned towards the garden generating a dynamic relationship between the interior and the exterior taking advantage of the introspective views of the project.

The main access from the street is composed of two volumes and a plane. On the left the main volume of the house, with its discreet, but imposing façade that looks out a long window. On the right a small volume crossed by a thin plane of natural steel that acts as accesses and garages.

Once inside, a sculptural set of planes frames the access, from here a mirror of water forms the path of the pedestrian. Upon entering the main volume of the house, we find a double height, which connects both levels covered with a pergola made of glass and steel. At the back of the space a steel stairway unfolds with an imposing geometry.

On the left side the family area of the house, study and kitchen stay. On the right side, the central space of the house is its room flanked on both sides with large glass clearings. To one side a marble corridor that connects with the terrace, covered by a volume in cantiliver and then the central garden, to the other side a mirror of water adorned with vegetation generates a visual finish that crowns the spatial sensation of the house. In the background a bathroom that hides a secret garden inside; natural steel on the outside and white concrete on the inside.

On the top floor, a large corridor connects a family studio and a series of bedrooms, facing the street, the master bedroom with a large dressing room and bathroom, towards the back of the studio ground and three more bedrooms.

Additionally, the house has a basement accessed through an English patio. A series of concrete steps are born from the wall to generate the staircase. Downstairs the service spaces of the house are lived with much amplitude and natural light.

The sculptural quality and precision of stroke, use and program give the house its modern and forceful character, the use of a limited palette of materials used in a natural and apparent way give a sophisticated and refined sensation. The extraordinary quality of the workforce, together with the sophistication of the techniques and construction details, stand out in this project.