Variable Arquitectura

Oaxaca, Mexico

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Variable Arquitectura

Oaxaca, Mexico

Firm

Variable Arquitectura

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2021

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET

$50K - 100K

The project is a house for a family of four in the limits of the historic center of the city of Oaxaca de Juárez.
Faced with a terrain that at first glance seems like a challenge, with a rhomboid shape, the residual space between a hotel and a subdivision without much meaning and totally asymmetric, we decided to use the strategy of generating stereotomic architecture, so we first created a prism with the footprint and height allowed by the construction regulations to later excavate it and illuminate the spaces.
In the main access, stairs lead to the entrance of the monospace and next to it, the garage blends with a raised triangular garden.
As part of our design process our clients describe how they would like to feel in their future home, so we received one of the most specific descriptions from our friends, so it was easy to meet their needs. The client's requirements were very descriptive, taking as a premise the entry of natural light and ventilation in all spaces, due to this the ground floor is technically an open floor in which the open kitchen-dining room and the double-height living room are distributed.
Next to the stairs that allows to open the space towards the easement passage. At the next level, the stairs change position and have the quality of almost vanishing when they fold into a wall of the same yellow color that in turn reflects the light into the interior of the double height, becoming a sundial that manifests the passage of the weather.
Upstairs the master bedroom overlooks the triangular garden and its bathroom at the back of the head of the bed, the twin bedrooms share a bathroom, ventilated from the top. The façade is presented as a blind wall, considering that it faces west, it has only been perforated on the right side, at the height of the upper floor, defining the triangular garden in which an endemic tree known as Yellow Macuil or Guayacán is housed, the which when growing will be able to be appreciated even from the street.
The gate was made of wood with a Japanese technique called "shou sugi ban" which consists of burning the wood as a finish and thus improving its resistance to the environment.
Considering that the terrain presented a drop of three meters, we began by designing the section to get the terrain and thus understand the changes in level, during construction this became important because we found a solid rock bank that was not possible to excavate or remove, so that the project was adapted again to the levels that the terrain allowed.

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Variable Arquitectura

Oaxaca, Mexico

Variable Arquitectura

Oaxaca, Mexico

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