The architectural party is divided into four levels: 1. Access. 2. Two bedrooms for guests and the social area that includes two important functions; an open kitchen connected to the living room, dining room, and terrace, with as much open space as possible to create a connection between the house and nature. 3. The main bedroom. 4. The creative area, which includes a music studio and a library. Additionally, a perimeter garden was designed to subtly integrate the house into the natural landscape.
The architectural proposal had to fulfill certain regulations of the site, like making reference to some “typical” materials that seemed more of a limitation than a contribution, however the house design achieved to maintain a common language with the rest of the complex. Concrete volumes were resolved with certain elements of the metal structure, which makes its reading very light, the treatment on the fifth façade is a game of textures and functionality that warns at the same time of the constructive and functional system and the textualization and color, so we have a range that goes from the traditional tile, till the stone that mitigates the sun to the solar cells that supply the energy to illuminate the exterior of the house and its machine room. To be concrete, Casa AYG is an exercise to simplify the function, the use of the site’s natural resources, and the possibility of camouflaging the construction to maintain as little impact on the site as possible.
Project name: AYG House
Architects: Miguel de la Torre – http://www.migueldelatorre.com/
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Area: 1016 m²
Year: 2022
Photographer: Jaime Navarro – https://www.instagram.com/jaimenavarrophotography/?hl=en
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