Desert and vegetation. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura
24/07/2023.
[Nuevo León] Mexico
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
The Ederlezi House, designed by Práctica Arquitectura, is located on a lot 5 meters wide and 20 meters deep in the historic district of San Pedro Garza in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The city located north of Mexico City has established itself as an area of high purchasing power.
Ederlezi is the name given in the Balkans and Turkey to the celebration that marks the beginning of spring. A date when the gray of winter turns to the colors of spring and is celebrated with music, dances, and flowers.
The house seeks to recall this time of the year through the contrasts between the green vegetation and the reddish walls, simulating desert and Mediterranean landscapes.
Ederlezi is the name given in the Balkans and Turkey to the celebration that marks the beginning of spring. A date when the gray of winter turns to the colors of spring and is celebrated with music, dances, and flowers.
The house seeks to recall this time of the year through the contrasts between the green vegetation and the reddish walls, simulating desert and Mediterranean landscapes.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Apertura Arquitectónica.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Dove Dope.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Apertura Arquitectónica.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Apertura Arquitectónica.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Apertura Arquitectónica.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Apertura Arquitectónica.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Dove Dope.
Site plan. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Ground floor. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Top floor. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Mezzanine floor. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Roof floor. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
North elevation. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
South elevation. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
East elevation. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
West elevation. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Longitudinal section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Longitudinal section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Cross section. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Sketch. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
Diagram. Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura.
The Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura is organized around the circulations and services, placed along the adjoining walls, and a central courtyard that divides the building into two volumes. The first volume, the one facing the street, has the entrance hall, the garage, a double-height guest room, and a rooftop terrace. The second, in the rear area, contains the living room, dining room, kitchen, another patio, and the master bedroom with access to a garden terrace.
The house combines classic elements of Northwest architecture with contemporary abstract elements. The floor plan is born from squares even though the section is more dynamic with steps and platforms, while with the facade all heritage and conservation constraints are resolved. The upper terrace allows a 360-degree view of the hills and mountains.
The house combines classic elements of Northwest architecture with contemporary abstract elements. The floor plan is born from squares even though the section is more dynamic with steps and platforms, while with the facade all heritage and conservation constraints are resolved. The upper terrace allows a 360-degree view of the hills and mountains.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by César Béjar.
Project description by Práctica Arquitectura
Three hundred and sixty degrees of views of hills, mountains, and hills connect the user with the horizon from the terrace at the top of the house. The interior is different, the robust reddish atmospheres, patios, and landscaped spaces invite a calm, more intimate, and disconnected life.
Ederlezi is the name of the celebration that marks the beginning of spring in the Balkans and Turkey. A break from the gray winter that manifests itself with music, dances, and flowers. The contrasts between the green of the vegetation with the red tones of the paste of the walls, the tezontle of the gardens, and the gates seek to perpetuate the warmth and movement of that time of the year and emulate memories of desert and Mediterranean landscapes present in the conversations with the clients during the design process. From the particularity of its volumetry and the mysteries and surprises that define its paths, the personality of the house is built deeply similar but different from its context, combining classic elements of northwestern architecture such as the plinth and the proportion of the openings with more abstract contemporary elements.
Ederlezi House by Práctica Arquitectura. Photograph by Apertura Arquitectónica.
Standing on a narrow lot five meters wide and twenty meters deep in the historic center of San Pedro Garza in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, the house is organized through a backbone of circulation and services along the adjacent area and a central courtyard that divides the program into two volumes. The first volume facing the street contains the entrance hall, the garage, the double-height guest room with a loft, and a rooftop terrace. The second at the rear contains the living room, dining room, kitchen, a blue patio that finishes off the end of the lot, and the master bedroom that has access to a landscaped terrace. Although the floor plan is based on a rational sequence of squares, the section is more dynamic with steps, platforms, overlaps in the window frames, and fretwork that finish with the red ziggurat that forms a containment towards the street and resolves with its facade the current restrictions in terms of heritage and conservation.
Faced with the challenges and opportunities of housing in heritage zones in growing cities, the Ederlezi house reconciles notions such as the fluidity of an ethereal and open space with the privacy that separates the life of the streets and neighbors from what happens inside. The project seeks to blur the routine through the diversity of experiences it offers and at the same time rethink the cadastral condition of the long and narrow plots in this area as a fertile typology to explore with volumes that are perforated, carved, and excavated in a stereotomic dialogue between the user's personality, the house, and the mountain.
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Architects
Práctica Arquitectura. Lead architect.- David Martínez Ramos.
Project team
Alejandro Gutiérrez.
Collaborators
Civil Works.- GC3.
Landscape design.- Oswaldo Zurita.
Landscape design.- Oswaldo Zurita.
Area
Land.- 160 sqm.
Built.- 120 sqm.
Built.- 120 sqm.
Dates
2019-2022.
Location
San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Photography
David Martinez Ramos. Practica Arquitectura
Practica Arquitectura is an architecture studio based in Monterrey, Mexico, founded in 2017 by David Martinez Ramos (1998), a graduate of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores del Tecnológico de Monterrey. The studio understands architecture as a craft, a plural reflection attentive to history and emotions.
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