House in Singuilucan

House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso

House in Singuilucan

Operadora

ARCHITECTS
Operadora

PROJECT TEAM
Alexis Ávila, José Juan Garay

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Cementos Cruz Azul, Fester, Rotoplas, Ternium

PARTNER IN CHARGE
Edgar Rodriguez

PHOTOGRAPHS
Dane Alonso

AREA
80 m²

YEAR 
2022

LOCATION
Singuilucan, Mexico

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Throughout his career, Mexican painter José María Velasco developed an iconic vision of the Mexican landscape between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso

His work granted him multiple national accolades and international recognition, and through it, he ultimately created a symbol of national identity out of the geography of Mexico.

The painting El Valle de Mexico is considered one of his most important works. In all seven versions of this painting, the elements of the composition remain consistent: the sky, mountains on the horizon, the valley, rocks, vegetation, and vernacular architecture.

House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso

These anonymous structures that inhabit Velasco's rendition of the Valley of Mexico are the departure point for the project of a small house in a ranch in Singuilucan, Hidalgo.

The house takes the development of the facade as a medium to replicate the informal aggregation of volumes and horizontality characteristic of the architectural features in Velasco's paintings.

This irregular silhouette organizes the program linearly in a plan that mirrors the outline of the facade. In an attempt to further emphasize the flatness of the building, the wall extends beyond the limits of the rooms containing the program, creating a linear datum in the plan drawing.

House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso

The limited programmatic requirements of the house are stretched-out in a 100-foot-long irregular enfilade, incorporating a storage room at one end of the house and two outdoor spaces adjacent to each of the bedrooms.


House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso
House in Singuilucan
© Dane Alonso


House in Singuilucan
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