A fantastic 9,000 sq m lot is the scene for the setting of the 2,000 sq
m Casa LC. The house is located at Mexico City north in area where there are no
high constructions and this advantage was used in the architectonic and
landscape design incorporating to the project all the surrounding green areas.
The concept was resolved in 3 different areas. The social area was
distributed around the grand central circular patio, which has a water mirror
with irregular islets and a central stream. The perimeter circulation allows
access to the different social spaces such as the vestibule with toilet, the
library, the living room and the dining room, all linked to a hallway that goes
around the patio.
The private area is formed by a square patio with an orange tree in the
middle that is floating on top of islets inside of a water mirror. This
magnificent space is surrounded by the 4 regular bedrooms and the master
bedroom. All the bedrooms have an attic that goes out to the terraces in the
second level that look to the square patio.
The entertainment area ends with the pool and has a swimming track,
gaming room, home theater, gym, bathroom and a small house for guests. The
bedroom attics are connected to the second level of the home theater through a
hall with glass floor that looks down to the swimming track.
These three sections are aligned with the main composition axis that
joins the hallways and includes a semi private area formed by the TV room and
the breakfast room. Here is also located the services are formed by kitchen,
laundry and ironing room and the service rooms.
Because of the composition of the project, small private spaces are
formed between the architectonic volumes, resulting in micro ambiances that
give identity and privacy to all the areas that coincide to them.
The grand garden is formed by a barbecue-chalet, a pond with cascade and
a jogging track that goes around different grass mounds that add scale and
experience to the route. The main entrance has a roundabout that leads to the
main door of the house and in the side there is an adjacent semi covered garage
with capacity for 8 cars.
In the exteriors the following materials stand out: white limestone, neutral
color flattens and roofs done with wood beams and brown tiles. In the interiors flamed granite and pearled
white marble were used for the circulation floors and for the bedrooms natural
walnut floors. Most of walls have flattened plaster in a white sand color,
except for the ones that come in from the outside that are finished white
limestone. The plafonds have wooden beams and barrel staves that also form part
of the structure.
There are 4 sculptures located in the main ends of the house that
represent the four natural elements: Earth, Fire, Water and Wind done by artist
Carlos Marín. The lighting design has different variable scenes in a warm
color, mostly done with LEDs, in a combination of indirect, accent and
suspended lamps.