Casa VR Tapalpa, Mexico Property

Casa VR Tapalpa Mexico 2

Design: Elías Rizo Arquitectos. Casa VR, located in a secluded area near the town of Tapalpa, is an exercise in clarity and functionality. The program is arranged on four quadrants, which are defined by the intersection of two main circulation axes. Within this system, spaces are distributed according to privacy requirements and affinity.

Casa AA – Contemporary Residence Mexico

Contemporary Residence Mexico

Design: Parque Humano. Contemporary residence in Mexico: living, dining, kitchen and multipurpose room, 3 bedrooms, gazebo and swimming pool. This house is an exploration on the trace of a variety of formal and architectural lineages in the ongoing transformation of the modern dwelling that ranges from Neutra’s Kaufmann House to the Case Study Housing Program.

La Caracola seashore house, Pacific Ocean

La Caracola seashore house

Design: PAUL CREMOUX studio. Located at Tres Vidas Golf Course seashore of the Pacific Ocean, this house is integrated by a set of boxes that are displayed in order to enjoy a variety of different views.

The heart of the house remains as an open central space which gathers the ground level deck and the swimming pool area. These four boxes integrate indoors and outdoors, relating private areas with the public ones. Designed to produce large overhangs, concrete boxes act as grate shaders ideal for this tropical climate.

Sunset Chapel, Acapulco Church, Mexico

Sunset Chapel Acapulco

Design: Bunker Arquitectura. This religious building is created to mourn the passing of loved ones. It overlooks the bay of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. The client brief was pretty simple, almost naïve: the chapel had to take full advantage of the spectacular views, and the sun had to set exactly behind the altar cross.

Torre Cube Guadalajara, Mexico Skyscraper

Torre Cube Guadalajara

Design: Estudio Carme Pinós. In this building the architects wanted to create well-ventilated offices with natural light and taking advantage of the mild weather of Guadalajara, the design even makes air-conditioning unnecessary.

The center of the building – between the three cores – is an open space illuminated laterally by eliminating three floors of the office modules on each side. These large gaps become “windows” for the central space and allow the free circulation of air.

Carlos Monsivais Personal Library, Mexico City

Carlos Mosnivais Personal Library 1

Design: JSª. Located in the west wing of the “Jose Vasconcelos” Library in Mexico, the personal library of Carlos Monsivais is a space where the personal collection created by the writer’s mind is safeguarded for public use. The architectural project´s starting point is a selection of specific characteristics of Carlos Monsivais.