COUNTRY CLUB HIGHRISE LOFT. Interior
Design by Jerry Jacobs, ASID.
LOCATION.
The
project is situated at the Campestre Golf Club in Monterrey, Mexico.
Monterrey
is a couple of hours drive from Texas and is the most Industrialized City of
Mexico, with about 5 million people. For many years the “Colonia del Valle” a
suburb in a secluded Valley by the Sierra Madre has been the enclave for
Industrialists and their families, with its own million-dollar membership fee
Golf Club and home to several corporate headquarters, it is one of the top per
capita suburbs in the country.
The
Building is a new 20-story high-rise, the single residential tower on the edge
of the Golf Course, which offers views of the Sierra Madre, the “Cerro de la
Silla” (Saddle Mountain), and the Golf Course.
CLIENT.
I
had done two other homes for the family, one in the Mexican Caribbean Riviera,
the other in the Tobacco growing Jungle of Veracruz, Mexico, where the family’s
hand made Cigars business is located. The hometown schools were not adequate for
the two daughters now 21 and 22 so they went away to high school in London, and
returned to College in Monterrey, which is an also excellent college town.
A full floor apartment of about
4500 sq. ft. was available in the new building, and they asked me to meet them
at the site, and do the job.
The
Girls had enjoyed European contemporary design and requested a Loft type layout
and the use of Wood and Glass.
DESCRIPTION AND
FEATURES.
The
Study or work area is incorporated into the Main Space with Library, Living and
Dining room areas all in one. The kitchen is open (Glass enclosed) to the Main
space as well. The Master bedroom is for the two girls to share, while a
Pied-a-Terre with two small bedrooms and a seating area is provided for the
parents an elder brother, or guests.
Glass
covered columns. Sandblasted tempered glass covers the structural columns of
the Main spaces. A glass doorway is provided for the elevator entry.
Glass
tile at the walls and butcher-block countertops in matching colors are used in
all bathrooms. While consistency was part of the palette, a different color was
chosen for each bedroom tying the room fabrics and bath materials, for the
girl’s suite in purples and blues, the parents’ is red and the guest’s is
black.
The
roman shears and shades are all motorized due to their lengths of up to 28’.
The bookcase (27’ x10’) with rolling ladder produced in California, together
with all the furniture, and equipments was
containerized and shipped for a Turn-Key six month completion time, from
meeting to move in.
Wood
floors. The floors are washed oak longstrip diagonally placed to direct the
main entrance flow towards the outward corner view.
CREDITS.
Furniture. BB
Italia. Panama Chairs, Sity Sectional, Meta Coffee table.
Brueton.
Dining table. Make-up tables chair. Kitchen stools.
Cassina.
Moove Long Easy Chairs, Kick table (not shown).
De
Padova. Inciza armchairs. Desk
chairs
Georgetti.
Recliner armchair.
Molteni.
Less tables. Desk tables.
Montis.
Baku sofa.
Ligne
Roset. Pollen tables.
Poltrona
Frau. Socrate Sofa.
Kitchen. Downsview.
Cabinetry.
GE
Monogram. Appliances.
Frankee.
Sink & Faucet.
Art. Ray
Charles White. Aluminum Water Study. Main Room.
Vicente
Rojo. Piramides series. Entrance.
Elizabeth Saltos.
Red Bedroom and seating area.
Glass Tile. Ann
Saks tile and Stone.
Fabrics. Gant.
Chenille on Headboards
Clarence
House. Bedroom pillows and ottomans.
Bathrooms. Vola.
Basins and Faucets.
Jacuzzi.
J dream shower.
Area Rugs. Christopher
Farr.
Lighting. Leavit-Weaver
Floor & Table lighting.
Photography. Michael
Calderwood, Mexico City.
20
Prints 8”x10” enclosed.
Enclosures: Floor
Plan.
Photography
as noted.