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Infiltrated Patio

Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute

INFILTRATED PATIO

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ARCHITECTS
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AREA
130

CATEGORY
Houses

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Román Cordero, David Matute

MANUFACTURERS
Cemex, Escenium Haus, Helvex, Tecnolite, Teka, Tramontina, Urrea, Valvo

COLLABORATOR
Alejandro Aldana, Daniel Aguilar, Sayuri Buenfíl, Yoshimi Hirouchi, Andrea Peraza, Daniel Rodríguez, Alfonsina Rosas

CONSTRUCTION
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LOCATION
Mérida, Mexico

STRUCTURE
Sumicon / Eng. Mauro Caamal

ALUMINUM AND CRYSTAL CANCELS
Terrance / Eng. Juan Manuel de la Torre

AUTHOR ARCHITECTS
Román Cordero, Izbeth Mendoza

An immersed shaded garden as the core of a surrounding domestic program.

Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute
Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute

This is a house that protects a tree and treasures a garden as the core of a minimal domestic program. Its perimeter meticulously defines its connection to the outside through four equipped walls, with only one access each, in response to the climate (acting as a trombe barrier), support for its internal activities (such as equipped walls) and in response to being within a multifamily plot.

BACKGROUND AND REQUIREMENTS

The project is located within a multifamily plot that incorporates other housing, equipment, and services, just after the peripheral ring, north of the city. 

The fact of being inside a land with green and recreational areas makes you visit repeatedly for events and ceremonies that are not always part of the family routine and sometimes become intrusive and uncomfortable if one lives there and does not want to be part of it.

Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute
Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute

Therefore, the design for the home should consider closing or opening to these eventualities and, at the same time, having its own green space.

The construction costs have to fit in $ 950,000.00 pesos for its realization, fulfilling a program of activities for a family of 4 members.

THE PATIO AS THE HEART OF THE PROJECT

A "grandfather tree" (Cordia dodecandra or Ciricote) gives is the starting point to a Silvester garden that will grow in the inner courtyard of the house, and it will consolidate a small sample of native vegetation.

Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute
Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute

In this way, the concrete structure pays tribute to the vegetal structure, showing its phenological transformations (flowering, fruiting, foliation) and meteorological (sun, moon, rain, etc.)with all that this entails (purification of the air, thermal comfort, reduction of stress and anxiety, among others).

SURROUNDING CORRIDORS

The domestic program is organized into 4 wings (surrounding the courtyard) oriented and programmed each with specific activities: access and study (south), store and shelter (west), rest and clean (east), and cook, rest and serve (north).

In addition, each side is related to the main lot through a single access in each Face.

The walls of the outer perimeter work as temperature attenuators (Trombe walls) and as storage, furniture and basic equipment for family performance.

Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute
Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute
Infiltrated Patio

The personal hygiene of the family is compacted in a single block but compartmentalized to be used in parallel.

LINKING TERRACES

The house carefully selects the openings where it connects with the outside environment through stone terraces that function as a link between the intimate activities of the family and the collective (family) activities, when required, the members participate in what happens inside or outside.

MATERIALITY AND ECONOMY

All the materials involved in the construction become apparent with local and common plasters and finishes, valuing the natural aesthetics (texture, vain and grain) of the aggregates based on concrete, offering an artisanal perception that not only gives an added value to the atmosphere but also contribute to contain the investment.

Infiltrated Patio
© Román Cordero, David Matute


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Ground Floor Plan and Sections
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Rooftop Plan and Elevations


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Strategy Diagram

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