Each typology has its style, and its open spaces allow it to be conditioned according to personal needs. There is a privileged area that provides luxury and comfort to the inhabitants: the top floor of the building, which is a large terrace, functions as a common roof garden and a private one.
Description of project by EDAA
Taxco 25 is a project of recovery, rehabilitation, and resignification due to its historical value since this building was protected by the INBA (National Institute of Fine Arts), respecting the old house and allowing the generation of green roofs and terraces that allow light to enter. to every corner of the complex.
It is a contemporary housing proposal that dialogues with neighborhood life and its different expressions of traditional architecture. Its design refers to the clarity of lines and volumes that the functionalist-style house from 1940 has on which the project rests, promoting its updating and resignification.
Located in the Roma Sur neighborhood of Mexico City, the intervention consisted of vegetating and pedestrianizing the corridor that connects the street with the interior of the property, as well as building five new houses, terraces, and garden roofs that open the view of those who visit them. to coexist and appreciate the urban landscape from an intimate space.
With a total of 500 m² of constructed area, Taxco 25 houses three types of housing, spacious, generous, and with flexible spaces: the listed house (80 m²), three studios (80 m²), and a two-level apartment (160 m²).
The materials selected for specific uses, the generous and naturally illuminated spaces, generate an experience where care for each of the details counts: from the furniture for the bicycle parking, the plant selection, the transition in the path of the metal railing, and the orderly arrangement of the exposed pipes, to the exhaustive design of the structural elements that make up the interior wooden staircase.
Whether through the friendly relationship with the sidewalk, the extensive use of specific vegetation, the conviction to protect the historical architectural past of the area, or implementing energy efficiency and water use systems, the Taxco 25 project interacts with its surroundings and it recognizes the urgency of developing proposals for urban regeneration consciously and critically.
