Triada Houses

Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers

Triada Houses

Lucía Villers

ARCHITECTS
Lucía Villers

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Lucía Villers, Abelardo Villers

COLLABORATORS
Martha Gómez, Sergio Barrios, Gerardo Fonseca, Sofía Villers, Guillermo Jasso

AREA
256 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Guanajuato, Mexico

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Triada is a project of three small houses in the mountainous city of Guanajuato in Mexico. In a land with 10 meters wide and 16 meters deep and a 30% slope, the houses are staggered following the slope of the mountain, which allows differentiation between each other.

Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers
Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers

The stair is used as the centerpiece between the different spaces that overlap each other. Despite being a reduced house in squares meters, the unevenness isolates each space of the house, providing more privacy and avoiding corridors.

A house with these dimensions is a very new typology in the city, nevertheless, the studio tried to integrate the project using the construction knowledge about the local area and regional materials.

Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers
Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers

As a result, these houses have exteriors made of simple coloured plasters and greenstone as every building in the city, the interiors are plain walls, wooden floors, and windows and doors made by a local blacksmith workshop.

The different levels of the house include living spaces to eat, sleep, wash, rest, terraces, and storage.

Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers
Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers

Each space is an opportunity for life to unfold in different ways, the terrace is a chance for a dog to fetch the ball or a resting place, the garage becomes a carpentry workshop or a storage space, the study is the main living room of the house or can be converted into a second room if necessary.

The dining room can be a workplace or a place for gathering.

Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers
Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers
Triada Houses
© Lucía Villers


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Basement floor plan
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Upper floor plan