Hybridizing architectures and times. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
29/07/2020.
[CDMX] Mexico
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
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Inca Hernández Arquitectura studio has completed the project for the renovation of an old house, from the Porfiriato era, into a residential unit. Mar Mediterráneo 34 (MM34) buildign is located in the magical neighborhood "Tacuba", to the west of the Historic Center of Mexico City.
MM34 house has protection as a building of historical value, therefore one of the design's objectives was to generate a second life where the restoration of the facade adheres to the original state, while that of the interior courtyard is carried out as a reinterpretation contemporary.
MM34 house has protection as a building of historical value, therefore one of the design's objectives was to generate a second life where the restoration of the facade adheres to the original state, while that of the interior courtyard is carried out as a reinterpretation contemporary.
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura. Photograph by João Morgado - Architecture Photography
Site plan. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Ground floor plan. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Mezzanine plan. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
First floor plan. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Second floor plan. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Roof plan. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Longitudinal section. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Cross section. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Elevation. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Axonometric. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Aerial view of the town of Tacuba - Historical heritage Foundation ICA, A.C. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Tacuba 1938, 92-43, Aerographic Fund, Historical Archive Fundación ICA, A. C. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
MM34 - INAH Culture Secretary Fototeca Constantino R Valerio MEX. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
MM34 - year 2017. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
MM34 - year 2018. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
MM34 - year 2018. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
MM34 - year 2018. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
MM34 - year 2018. Mar Mediterráneo 34 by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
For the renovation of the Inca Hernández Arquitectura project, the restoration and intervention of the original elements of the era are implemented, where the spaces are regenerated with new materiality and where the interior is reconstructed as a reinterpretation of the past with a contemporary perspective.
The 670 m² project aims to generate a legacy that encourages the transformation of the Tacuba neighborhood to enhance and rescue its heritage value, currently in a situation of loss.
The 670 m² project aims to generate a legacy that encourages the transformation of the Tacuba neighborhood to enhance and rescue its heritage value, currently in a situation of loss.
Description of project by Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Mexico City is a historical setting with an enormous cultural and architectural heritage protected in its magical neighborhoods. Tacuba is one of them, located northwest to the downtown, this neighborhood has undergone social and urban transformations that have lasted to this day and where vestiges forged at different times can be found.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Tacuba became one of the wealthiest areas of the city with large country houses, which over time and different political changes were abandoned and many were collapsed. However, among these vestiges the house of “Mar Mediterraneo 34” remained.
Built in 1910 through an eclectic French style belonging to the Porfiriato era, it currently holds historical value by the National Institute of Fine Arts and the National Institute of Anthropology and History. The project started with the idea of giving a new life to a house designed in two volumes, where the first incorporates the main facade while the second has a view to the main patio, although both were in advanced deterioration and the second volume was in ruins.
Based on these characteristics, the restoration and intervention of the original elements of the era are implemented, where the spaces are regenerated with a new materiality, and the multiple artistic and artisanal elements are recovered from the main facade such as the carved quarry from the balconies and lintels, the iron railings, the large windows and the glass roof tiles, intending to rehabilitate the new urban image. The interior is reconstructed as a reinterpretation of the past through a contemporary perspective, where a volume is raised up framing the sky in the existing main patio and portrays the arrangement of the old portals as a sequence of light and shadow, this is how these openings rise intermittently from the ground floor in double height and become a solid element of introspective architecture.
The project intends to fusion what prevails and what is reborn through a linear connection between two eras, this connection is also reflected at the entrance by a volcanic stone baseboard which surrounds the entire ground floor and functions as the foundation to lift what has resurfaced. The restored house has 3 levels and 7 apartments that adapt to different flexible spaces (Loft, studio, familiar apartment and penthouse), which interact by views to the historical elements in the main patio and two additional courtyards of lesser proportion with a tree surrounded by a set of lattices that allow the entrance of natural light keeping an autochthonous essence.
The goal of the intervention is to generate a legacy that encourages the transformation of Tacuba to enhance and rescue its heritage value, by taking advantage of spaces in a sustainable way to give life to the magical neighborhood.
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Architects
Collaborators
Gabriela Llovera Arciniegas, Luis Enrique Vargas. Interior design.- Ana Ximena García, Inca Hernández, Raíz Mx, Adrián González (Mercado de Chacharitas). Structural engineering.- Javier Soria.
Builder
Top Project Multiplex / Efraín Hernández.
Area
620 m².
Location
Tacuba, Mexico City, Mexico.
Photography
Inca Gabriel Hernández Inca Hernández Arquitectura
Inca Gabriel Hernandez, is an architect graduated from the Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchita (UNET) in Venezuela. He has worked independently in different real estate, housing and cultural development projects in his native country.
In 2015 he moved to Mexico, to work with BAAQ', n emerging architecture firm, where he had the opportunity to work with world-renowned Architects such as Tadao Ando (Pritzker, 1995) and Alvaro Siza (Pritzker 1992) in different projects in Oaxaca for Casa Wabi's foundation.
Inca Gabriel Hernandez has also worked in new real estate developments and restoration projects in Mexico City. He has currently started with his own firm, Inca Hernández Arquitectura, developing research, art direction and architecture projects in Mexico, Venezuela, Italy and Colombia.
In 2015 he moved to Mexico, to work with BAAQ', n emerging architecture firm, where he had the opportunity to work with world-renowned Architects such as Tadao Ando (Pritzker, 1995) and Alvaro Siza (Pritzker 1992) in different projects in Oaxaca for Casa Wabi's foundation.
Inca Gabriel Hernandez has also worked in new real estate developments and restoration projects in Mexico City. He has currently started with his own firm, Inca Hernández Arquitectura, developing research, art direction and architecture projects in Mexico, Venezuela, Italy and Colombia.
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