Houses in Mexico
Monthly Editorial Edition 01 / July 2024
Tour This Month's Top Houses in Mexico. We have gathered up 5 of the most inspiring homes in Mexico for our monthly edition.
Take a Look at This Month's Standouts:
House in Los Cocos
Architects: Ludwig Godefroy Architecture
House in Los Cocos is located south of the historic center of Mérida - Yucatán, in Mexico. The design of the project arises from the proportion of the land itself, 70 meters long x 8 meters wide. The narrow proportion of the land creates a strong vanishing point effect upon entering the site. The project responds to this perspective by crossing it from side to side, materializing it with water guiding it throughout the entire house.
San Cristobal House
Architects: Marc Perrotta
The old house in the historic center of Merida, the capital of the state of Yucatan, had clumsy additions that were removed and replaced with a clear and contemporary addition that created three lush courtyards for maximum natural light and cross breezes. Besides a historic, stone house, the site also provided a large, existing royal palm tree. In an effort to save the tree and create a more intimate relationship with the existing tree, the house was designed to wrap around the tree. The existing historic house was renovated with a restored facade and new finishes emblematic of Merida’s historic architecture, such as rough plaster walls and colorful 'pasta' tile floors. The original house's steel beams and arched ceiling were restored.
Casa Cielo
Architects: COA Arquitectura
The house is located in a subdivision inside a natural forested area. The property has neighbors on each side barely three meters apart, while the rear side is next to an oak tree reservation where the view is narrowed only a few meters away because of the trunks and canopies’ density. “The house is both a transitional space between the street-city and the forest, and a place-refuge from both. Hence the emphasis on the entry experience, to leave behind so that the foyer and the murmur of water welcome us.”
Galopina Wild House
Architects: TACO Taller de Arquitectura Contextual
Galopina is a guest house immersed in wildland that belonged to a Henequen Hacienda within the geo-hydrological Ring of Cenotes State Reserve, in Yucatan. Its objective is to offer a warm, unique and unpretentious accommodation where guests can have an experience of encountering nature and local culture through architecture. The design process started with the selection of the site. The location was chosen thanks to its accessibility to different consolidated points of interest and its connectivity with Mérida.
Tejocote House
Architects: González Muchow Arquitectura
Casa Tejocote is a single-family home located in a semi-urban context from Querétaro, Mexico. It is a project that through its materials and its simple composition represents the vernacular architecture of the region, which seeks to integrate with the semi-desert landscape that surrounds it. The volumetry was conceived from the premise of giving spaces the greatest possible privacy. Since by regulations of the housing estate it is not allowed to build fences, the house's scheme acts as a wall that surrounds and protects the living spaces. The program was divided into four solid volumes that delimit a large central garden and are linked through a bridge of lighter character. These four modules were intervened with meticulous incisions either to open subtle light entrances; provide views that frame the landscape or integrate the interior with the exterior spaces.
