Casa Xafix

Aguascalientes, Mexico

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Casa Xafix

Aguascalientes, Mexico

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Arkylab

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2014

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

The residence is situated on a 3,280-square-foot plot located in an elevated zone at the northwest side of Aguascalientes city, with an east-facing facade and a privileged view of the Cerro del Muerto's sunset from the rear of the house.

The project responds to the needs of four family members, with the lower plan zoned for social activities, the upper plan for bedrooms and services, and the top plan as a work studio with a terrace.

The construction takes up from the north side of the lot, leaving a garden in the south to allow for a dialogue with the interior spaces, strengthening the interior-exterior relation in a private way. A closed facade emerges to the outside, revealing only the entrance to the house inside of a volume that spins and moves around a vertical axis that joins them.

Indoor areas are structured around a path that lies across the house lengthways. A double-and-a-half height space is cut by a glass corridor, letting light pass through and providing access to every area in the house.
The condition of the site is approached by creating a studio terrace that obstructs the view of nearby buildings and opens it to the city panorama to the east and the beautiful sunsets to the west. The roof garden is perforated with skylights that provide the bathroom with natural light.

The applied constructive system is based on polystyrene panel walls covered by cast-in-place concrete plates, for ideal thermal and acoustic conditions without the use of climate-controlled mechanized systems, conforming its materiality with exposed natural elements such as wood and marble.

Lead Architect: Luis Morán.
Collaborators: Christian Mujica, Mauricio Rubalcava, Cynthia López, Giselle Maragued, Hugo Lamas, Elena González, Luis Silva, Javier Calzada.
Structural Design: José Ángel Ortiz Lozano.
Photographs: Oscar Hernández.

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Casa Xafix

Aguascalientes, Mexico

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DAE Building

Casa Xafix

Aguascalientes, Mexico

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