Valna House by JSa Arquitectura
24/09/2013.
[Santa Fe] Mexico
metalocus, ALEX DURO
metalocus, ALEX DURO
A detached house takes advantage of the normative limitations for establishing a dialogue between two yards, the front one and the back one, and maximizing the built areas.
Outside vision. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Living room and backyard. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Inner vision. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Inner vision. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Stairs. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Stairs. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Outside vision. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Outside vision at dusk. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Outside night vision. Photograph © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Ground floor plan. Image courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
First floor plan. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Cover floor plan. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Underground floor plan. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Longitudinal section. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Longitudinal section. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Transverse section. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Project process. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Model. Image © courtesy of JSa Arquitectura.
Description of project by JSa Arquitectura
A detached house in Santa Fe in Mexico City. The first conditioning for the solution was given to the client a project which optimises the built surfaces without giving up the program. To achieve so, we face a sort of restriction which far of limited us, it will move us to solve the "L" shape of the building with the intention of making the house seem wider with the connexion between the front and the behind the garden, maximizing the depth. The remaining space is the compositive edge of the project, a lineal sequence of different character spaces. All the house's main spaces are subordinated to this edge and they are added to it visually and physically through big mobile windows. The colour palette is supported by the authenticity of the materials such as the concrete, the oiled wood, the grey limestone and the vegetation.
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Architects
Project team
Javier Sánchez, Juan Soler and Jesús Acosta (collaborator).
Collaborators
Juan Soler and Jesús Acosta (interior design), Grupo SAI: Proyecto Estructural y JPR Proyectos: Proyectos de instalaciones (engineering), Yair Ugarte (renders), Edith Razo y Anayetzi Ruiz (models), DMX (contractor), Jesús Acosta (architectural supervision).
Area
Plot.- 456m².
GFA.- 584m².
GFA.- 584m².
Photography
JSa Arquitectura.
Javier Sánchez. JSa Arquitectura
JSa Arquitectura. Mexican architecture studio based in Mexico City, founded by Javier Sánchez in 1996. Awarded more than 55 national and international awards and with more than 15 years of experience, it develops projects of various kinds such as houses, homes, homes social, museums, schools, commercial spaces, cultural spaces, offices, mixed-use buildings, public spaces, etc. in Mexico as well as abroad. It is a young firm that includes more than 70 people, each specialized in their area.
Javier Sánchez. Founding partner and director of the workshop. Architect from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with honours (1996), with a Master's in Science and Development of Real Estate Projects from Columbia University, New York (1998). His work has focused on urban acupuncture projects and the recovery of architectural heritage.
His recognitions include the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (2006) for the Brasil 44 social housing project; the Best New Global Design award from the Chicago Athenaeum (2007) for the Condesa DF hotel; the Gold Medal of the National Biennial of Mexican Architecture (2020) by the MMAC Juan Soriano; and recently, the Housing Award from the American Institute of Architects (2022) for the Casa Cosecha de Lluvia project (in collaboration with RHA).
In 2008 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); in 2009 he entered the National System of Art Creators of the System of Support for Creation and Cultural Projects (previously known as FONCA); and since 2011 he is a member of the National Academy of Architecture. In 2014 he was invited to give the Federico E. Mariscal Extraordinary Chair at the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM, in recognition of his outstanding and high level of performance in the architectural discipline.
Javier Sánchez. Founding partner and director of the workshop. Architect from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with honours (1996), with a Master's in Science and Development of Real Estate Projects from Columbia University, New York (1998). His work has focused on urban acupuncture projects and the recovery of architectural heritage.
His recognitions include the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (2006) for the Brasil 44 social housing project; the Best New Global Design award from the Chicago Athenaeum (2007) for the Condesa DF hotel; the Gold Medal of the National Biennial of Mexican Architecture (2020) by the MMAC Juan Soriano; and recently, the Housing Award from the American Institute of Architects (2022) for the Casa Cosecha de Lluvia project (in collaboration with RHA).
In 2008 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); in 2009 he entered the National System of Art Creators of the System of Support for Creation and Cultural Projects (previously known as FONCA); and since 2011 he is a member of the National Academy of Architecture. In 2014 he was invited to give the Federico E. Mariscal Extraordinary Chair at the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM, in recognition of his outstanding and high level of performance in the architectural discipline.
