CMR HOUSE
Estudio MMX
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Estudio MMX
COLLABORATORS
Gonzalo Álvarez Tostado, Pablo Goldin Marcovich
YEAR
2017
LOCATION
Ciudad De México, Mexico
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
Spatial units and the open space.
The plot features the extraordinary garden of an old house, the project explores a defragmentation of the programme by placing it along the strength of the immediate natural environment.
The total volume demanded by programme requirements was disturbed, fragmented and then distributed alongside the garden.
The volumes are connected through transitional spaces that frame views of the garden, encouraging the user to make pauses while moving through the house.
A subtle and constant link between exterior and interior spaces, blurs the perception of spatial borders.
While the public spaces of the programme have direct relationship with the gardens, a sequence of spaces and level changes builds up varying degrees of intimacy.
When it reaches the rooms above ground level, the inhabitants are able to contemplate the garden from another perspective while obtaining intimacy.
The selected materials, simple and of neutral colors, respond to the will for recognizing the garden as the main actor of the site.
Willingly, the house makes itself present through contrast and well-defined geometries.
However, the light, shadows and colors, are still those from the extraordinary landscape.
