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Lpz House

Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo

LPZ HOUSE

Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop

ARCHITECTS
Arquitectura en movimiento workshop

LOCATION
Mexico city, mexico

CATEGORY
House

AREA
450.0 m²

YEAR
2015

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rafael gamo

COLLABORATORS
Eduardo micha, fabio correa, gabriel merino, oscar osorio, patricia pérez, christian rodriguez, miguel angel chiney, nèstor moreno, eduardo acosta, mario moreno

Text description provided by architect.

An elderly couple with a newborn grandchild commissioned us to design their new residence on a section between two recently built houses.

Among their main requirements was that the house should have little or no visual contact with the neighboring properties and that daily life should happen on a single level.

Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo
Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo

In addition to the usual requirements they asked for a guest bedroom and a gym on an upper level, which we resolved by means of gentle transition, that is, without long-spanning flights of stairs.

After a thorough analysis of the clients' requirements, site orientation and climatic conditions, we proposed an uncomplicated form with double-height interior spaces, a design characterized by clear lines and simple volumes.

We proposed the house to be elevated from eye level to achieve privacy from the street. 

Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo
Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo
Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo

Even though the house uses materials, construction methods and a palette of colors already established by the surrounding buildings, this is not a traditional house.

In this house those same materials and colors have been applied in a way that challenges the surrounding environment and expresses our architectural ideas by means of a design concept with a focus on geometry.

Each room within this house is oriented in such a way as to make the best use of sunlight throughout the day and for family life to take place around the garden, the core around which the house functions.

Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo
Lpz House
© Rafael Gamo

It is worth to mention that magnificent views of the most important volcanos of Mexico can be enjoyed from all angles of this house.

The front façade is almost totally disconnected from the street; all living, dining and family rooms as well as the library are directly and easily connected to the garden and the deck.


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