Casa en el bosque

Texcoco, Mexico

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Casa en el bosque

Texcoco, Mexico

Firm

RACMA Arquitectura

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2021

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

In a natural context of rocky mountains with a semi-arid climate, right on the green strip of the embankment where the agricultural irrigation canal runs, with abundant fruit trees, pines, oaks and leafy trees. There is this project, which was an extreme remodeling and expansion in reference to the radical change compared to the original construction.

The client had this 2500m2 land surrounded by trees and with beautiful views of the surrounding hills, which includes a simple house, 120m2, one story, and in good condition, but very dysfunctional, with cold, dark and empty spaces. ventilation, in addition to a nondescript appearance, which completely denied its relationship with the natural environment, and which was easily lost from sight.

The starting point for the intervention consisted of analyzing the possibilities of reusing the original structure, with which approximately 65% of the original construction was saved, in addition to formally respecting the diagonals of the inclined roofs, which were taken as a reference for the entire project, turning this diagonal into a design constant.

We started by demolishing some walls to join areas and achieve generous spaces for the public area, a living area, dining area and cooking area. The sloping gable roof in that area was demolished, but the beams were saved, which introduced light and warmth, which managed to filter the shadows cast by the system of sloping gable girders.

From that first movement to expand the center of the house, the entire flow diagram was rethought.
The access was modified to reach directly the common area, the surrounding areas were converted into the rooms, in parallel new service areas were built on the ground floor such as toilets, laundry and laundry patio.
In addition, the family and study area was added to the upper floor on uneven levels, respecting the original heights of the ridges of the inclined roofs. Two magnificent viewpoints of the hill were also converted, creating more direct contact with the fronds of the surrounding trees.

The final result was a work so that everything will be noticed, almost as a fundamental issue that is directly related to the physical environment, enjoying the shade, the view and the atmosphere of the surrounding trees that it takes advantage of to highlight its own white presence in the middle of the greens of the forest.

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Casa en el bosque

Texcoco, Mexico

Other Projects by RACMA Arquitectura

Casa Trinidad

Casa en el bosque

Texcoco, Mexico

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