Estudio Mmx

CAB House

CAB House
© Rafael Gamo

CAB HOUSE

Estudio MMX

ARCHITECTS
Estudio MMX

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Estudio MMX

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rafael Gamo

AREA
466 m²

YEAR
2017

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Ciudad De México, Mexico

Text description provided by architect.

The plot´s terrain had an impressive descent of 16 meters (52 ft) within its limits.

On the bottom, a ravine with a dry creek offers a level of intimacy and contact with nature unmatched by the conditions at street level.

CAB House
© Rafael Gamo
CAB House
© Rafael Gamo
CAB House
© Rafael Gamo

The project´s main objective was to reach the lowest point of the terrain.

The house needed a sequence of varying levels that translates onto a subtle descent parallel to the natural context.

The atmosphere of the surrounding woods and the slope, refers back to basaltic prisms, geometric stone formations found in mountain cliffs.

CAB House
© Rafael Gamo
CAB House
© Rafael Gamo

These ideas drove the design process led by Estudio MMX, and eventually transformed into the formal expression of the house.

At first glance, the house has a rather introverted scheme however, through patios and terraces accompanying the spaces in the different levels, it seeks and effectively relates to the exterior.

The neutrality of the chosen materials, black bricks and recovered wood, does not compete against the surrounding nature, on the contrary, it coexists harmonically.

CAB House
© Rafael Gamo


CAB House
© Rafael Gamo
CAB House
© Rafael Gamo
CAB House
© Rafael Gamo
CAB House
© Rafael Gamo


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Estudio Mmx
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Estudio Mmx
Juan de la Barrera 9a, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico