Estudio Radillo Alba

Malvas 59 Residence

Malvas 59 Residence

Estudio Radillo Alba

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

ARCHITECTS
Estudio Radillo Alba

TEAM LEAD
Edgar Radillo, Johan Ortega

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Edgar Radillo Alba

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION
Almacen de arquitectura

DESIGN TEAM
Ana Lu Lazos, Karla Iñiguez, Fernanda Radillo, Camila González, Jose Davalos

PHOTOGRAPHER
Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

AREA
350 m²

YEAR
2025

LOCATION
Mexico

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

English description provided by the architects.

This is a residential project located in a subdivision on the outskirts of the city. The lot, measuring 1400 m² and situated on a corner, is flanked by casuarinas and jacarandas.

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

On the site, there are two volumes that house two houses, one built in the 1970s and the other after 2000.

The project consisted of intervening in both volumes, adding terraces and gardens, reconfiguring the internal areas, and providing both homes with active and passive ecotechnologies, such as rainwater harvesting, cross ventilation, solar panels, and LED lighting.

The projected gardens surround the area, integrating the existing trees and minimizing - with their height - the cross views into both houses.

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

Structurally, the house is built with load-bearing walls and a lightweight two-pitched roof. Half of this roof directs rainwater through its tiles to the subsoil. The other half contains the water with new parapets; later, the water drains into a collection cistern.

Visually, the walls are set on a base of volcanic stone (abundant in the region) and are crowned with concrete beams.

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

Small canopies anchored to the facades control solar incidence inside, and, through rain chains, help to drain water from the roof to the cisterns.

The volumes, interspersed with each other, create gardens, access points, parking spaces, and terraces.

The terraces, which unfold from the interior, serve as a hinge between the garden and the house, creating open extensions of the dining room, bathrooms, and bedrooms.

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio

Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio
Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio


Malvas 59 Residence
© Rodrigo Calzada / Albers Studio


Malvas 59 Residence
Elevation 1
Malvas 59 Residence
Elevation 2
Malvas 59 Residence
Elevation 3
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Elevation 4


Malvas 59 Residence
Ground Floor Plan
Malvas 59 Residence
Detail Schematic


Malvas 59 Residence
Axonometry

Estudio Radillo Alba
Estudio Radillo Alba
San Juan de La Cruz #283-Interior 4, Camino Real, 45040 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico