Casa VA I VA House

Casa VA I VA House
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CASA VA I VA HOUSE

Epg Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Epg Arquitectos

CONTRIBUTORS
Juan Daniel Núñez, Galo Vera Alvarez.

ARCHITECT
Eduardo Parra Grave

STRUCTURAL CALCULATION
David Escobar.

CONSTRUCTION
Eduardo Parra Grave

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Galo Vera Alvarez

PHOTOGRAPHS
César Béjar

BUDGET
$500k - 1m

SIZE
10,000 Sqft - 25,000 Sqft

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Mateos, Mexico

TYPE
Residential › Private House

The family that lives in the house, chose this part of the forest looking for direct contact with nature.

Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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Lovers of the outdoor life and of receiving visits, were conditioned terraces, balconies, patios and roofs.

At the street level rises a single level, respecting the scale of the neighbors.

In the back they rise 5 levels, reaching the same height of the trees that existed.

Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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The ground floor is free of walls at 5 meters under the street find the income, parking spaces and dining room at double height, the kitchen as a living room and guest bedroom, with privacy towards the street protected by a green slope and looking for the sun With large windows and open towards the forest.

It connects to the wine cellar and access to a covered glass pergola to see trees protected from rain, with roasters for outdoor meals and a pool under the frond of trees.

Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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The upper floor is the intimate area of the house, the bedrooms have a balcony running over the trees that even cross it.

The roof is prepared as a meeting point, at the height of the treetops and a viewpoint overlooking the forest towards the valley.

Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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To avoid the humidity the house does not have walls of contention, it is displaced on a free platform.

The facade facing the street is almost blind walls, to have privacy and to the sides and back completely glass to receive the sun and have a view towards the forest.

Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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Marble and hardwood were used on floors, stone as exterior coatings and wood to coat interior walls to help the fireplace increase the temperature.

Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
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Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar


Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar
Casa VA I VA House
© César Béjar