Casa Lomas II

Mexico City, Mexico

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Casa Lomas II

Mexico City, Mexico

Firm

P Calzada Arquitectos

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2014

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

This east-west oriented single-family home was originally built in 1976, located on the backside of the site, providing privacy from the nearby road. At the same time the house benefits from the site’s natural scenery, as it provides a great view, adequate ventilation, thermal balance, and luminosity.
The aim of the renovation of the house is articulating the horizontal and vertical with the exterior in order to ease the flow between the different spaces through courtyards, gardens, and terraces. These bonds create crossed views of every room in the house.

The major decision was to remove all unnecessary existing components in order to restore the original volumetric value of the house as well as to enhance the original building materials. The contrast between existing and new materials is a constant theme of the project.
All volumetric additions improve the existing structural values such as lightness, horizontality, and openness. Remnants of demolished slabs, terraces, and buildings of the original structure were used to create terraces and patios.

There was a constant strive to allow for open views onto the surrounding environment of existing elements and those introduced by the new design such as patios, ponds and gardens. The permeability of the translucent facades plays an important role in the design of the house, as it interweaves interior and exterior spaces in social and private areas.
The first floor, including all public areas and the private second floor are joined by a helicoidal stair and a lobby which accordingly is roofed by a circular dome. All spaces in the house, bedrooms included, have two wide windows from end-to-end allowing a view that goes beyond the architectural volumes.

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Casa Lomas II

Mexico City, Mexico

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Casa Lomas II

Mexico City, Mexico

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