Amid the rolling hills of San Miguel de Allende, where vineyards unfold like a tapestry beneath the Bajío sun, rises VINEYARD VILLA. Conceived as a fractional property, it allows its residents to enjoy a retreat home by paying only for the share they use while sharing maintenance costs with other families.
Located within Viña del Cielo—an exclusive development where each lot includes its own private vineyard—the project is immersed in a landscape of over 100,000 m² (1´076,391 sqf)
of vines, with up to seven different varietals. For this fractional ownership model, the house was conceived through a play of planes in walls and roofs, creating movement and visual depth that ties its volumetry to both the surrounding landscape and the vineyard itself.
Three volumes converse like furrows in the earth, carefully oriented to frame the landscape of vines and distant mountains. The house is rotated sixty degrees from its original alignment, searching for the sun, the views, and above all, the endless horizon of vineyards. Sloping roofs, at times opposing, at times harmonious, create an almost musical rhythm: soaring double-height living areas, private rooms discreetly overlooking the fields, and passages that lead toward contemplation.
Double walls, clad in local white stone, shield against the dryness of the highland climate and the chill of the night, while terracotta tiles and natural wood warm the interiors with a tactile intimacy. Between concrete and soil, shadow and light, the architecture finds balance.
A reflecting pool and walls painted in deep Mexican purple mark the entrance, a chromatic gesture that recalls the picturesque vibrancy of San Miguel. In this way, VINEYARD VILLA is more than a house among vineyards—it is a place where architecture opens like the vine itself, entwining with the land, with time, and with memory.