Ozuluama Residence - Architects Collective & at103

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">In the heart of Mexico City lies the Condesa district created around what was once a racetrack and today a unique and vibrant neighborhood of the city.</span><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pErm-qfS3MWSQ-tXUwSkmDZpF99ZzactJL4FLs7mqY89rAaKOPNLKMUGI68ne8tNddn9ZEswaYvs/ozuluama-05.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pErm-qfS3MWSQ-tXUwSkmDZpF99ZzactJL4FLs7mqY89rAaKOPNLKMUGI68ne8tNddn9ZEswaYvs/ozuluama-05.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9idKdCnW3tAAS4S-rTAMJ8yxwRL9qrjwQbSi2Xk8z5Zvr7sHwVV83Q0r3NRPE16y1zUKjTeXTwA/ozuluama-00.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9idKdCnW3tAAS4S-rTAMJ8yxwRL9qrjwQbSi2Xk8z5Zvr7sHwVV83Q0r3NRPE16y1zUKjTeXTwA/ozuluama-00.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prr_MHc2tsdlK3wDGp8CrDXu_peZj3alt9OZITs9IA1bYXCrNmWkCZkmOdubgea77pQ7u_zv78Ic/ozuluama-01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prr_MHc2tsdlK3wDGp8CrDXu_peZj3alt9OZITs9IA1bYXCrNmWkCZkmOdubgea77pQ7u_zv78Ic/ozuluama-01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">At the end one of the Condesa’s tree-lined streets is the project, a penthouse with two terraces and a lookout on top of an existing 3-story building. The new structure appears like a nomadic structure floating above the diverse urban topography of Mexico City.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFm92i5h9SigufY2brAVeVtqNn2RJ_hYzpyLqMmSJA2PRwXLYza0vN_x6vX5jU1VX6cWk3uffDSM/ozuluama-06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFm92i5h9SigufY2brAVeVtqNn2RJ_hYzpyLqMmSJA2PRwXLYza0vN_x6vX5jU1VX6cWk3uffDSM/ozuluama-06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAhS4vmR8lmf3Ydr-4p0vd3VLsl6BBnq5EvS5rCbJ_h2qoDSKMaPstOl_Mf5zIFrI6AP4VGtdlzQ/c3_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAhS4vmR8lmf3Ydr-4p0vd3VLsl6BBnq5EvS5rCbJ_h2qoDSKMaPstOl_Mf5zIFrI6AP4VGtdlzQ/c3_2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The owners inhabit the penthouse six month of the year and the rest of the time it is used by friends, visitors and artists that stay in the city. The structure was designed to reflect the movements of its transient inhabitants in an origami-like morphology. The folding dynamic form creates a seemingly temporary habitat with continuous inside and outside spaces on two levels and generous views of the city. The building’s skeleton is made of steel and is completely enveloped in pearl-grey acrylic-polymer Corian panels, the first time this material was used as an entire building envelope.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p0OkE0QETuvi3_J45ZNCtYu9rI-YTqSHNmOB1kZ-vpQduAv54gDQ8pck8PB_iIqWsHooZSIH3-5g/c3_5.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p0OkE0QETuvi3_J45ZNCtYu9rI-YTqSHNmOB1kZ-vpQduAv54gDQ8pck8PB_iIqWsHooZSIH3-5g/c3_5.jpg" style="WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-0NTZ9Vfv-g6wVDaMSvc_cZ1YN6dNDa-KuGGLUNKqcnHWL1403-3LOEBAAY1zkNKSVGVrtDdmqY/c3_6.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://mpnnkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-0NTZ9Vfv-g6wVDaMSvc_cZ1YN6dNDa-KuGGLUNKqcnHWL1403-3LOEBAAY1zkNKSVGVrtDdmqY/c3_6.jpg" style="WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Overhangs and the thoughtful orientation of interior spaces and openings moderate the climate of the penthouse, which can also be adjusted by providing cross ventilation through operable windows in the glass façade and at the highest point of the roof construction. The floors covering the entire penthouse- from the moment you enter, to the moment you step into the bathtub- are of Santo Tomas marble, a local stone usually employed as flooring in the city’s subway stations, churches and other public spaces. 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Ozuluama Residence - Architects Collective & at103

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House C1 - Curiosity Inc.

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">The originality of the c-1 project started from the design process. it is designed as a product, unique independant, a seamless space where architecture interior furniture and products will become an unique emotional experience, each carefully connected.</span><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/3080347317_1d9798cb01_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/3080347317_1d9798cb01_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">C-1 designed like a movie with a scenario and story boards, the basic design include from the beginning all the aspects of the project, from the shape of the building to the light switch position.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/3081186460_f28f76853d_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/3081186460_f28f76853d_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The basic design defines the different missions project that should be initiated to achieve the goal, from building design to tap design.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3081187840_f718418060_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3081187840_f718418060_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Thus unlike the usual process of articture projects which is of course designed from architecture, inetrior and finally products, all designs were developped in parallell.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/3081188392_1899ae19a5_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/3081188392_1899ae19a5_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/3081187312_e6310e0e31_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/3081187312_e6310e0e31_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The basic architectural design, a glass box surrounded by a walkway-gallery that connects the floor, was designed before the land was found. the basic design is defined from a user point of view, with movement and discovery as the main theme. the design is not defined by the wall and floor but by the movement of the user within the space, defined by a series of scenes. how the user will appear and disappear from floor to floor. to realise the seamless movement, the cooperate architec, tomoyuki ustumi proposed to use 25mm steel slabs as floor and finally the thickness finally comes to only 60mm when added to the flooring material. this is equivalent to a line in the architectural scale.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3081188854_8aefd5851c_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3081188854_8aefd5851c_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/3081189990_63912e9a94_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/3081189990_63912e9a94_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">As the walkway surrounds the house, the interior should be designed in 3 dimensions, visble from floor level to ceiling level the top of a table is as visible as the buttom, a real 3d interior, and a very difficult challenge. using 3d animations the sequences of the interior were check from all angles.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3081189412_cca3a28717_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3081189412_cca3a28717_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/3081193276_c890571337_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/3081193276_c890571337_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also, the challenge of c-1 is to define a different topology for the different aspects of life. an alternative to the existing our perception of space and object is the result of informations we memorized as we try to recognize things to understand them. c-1 design aim to define a different perception, the existence itself of each element and object is questioned.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3081190536_d06e2c26d7_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3081190536_d06e2c26d7_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3080352891_ac4213a0d9_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3080352891_ac4213a0d9_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1-the exterior of the building itself, a specific material like wood or concrete would reveal the scale of it, the actual finish create a scaleless architecture. in the same way to achieve seamless interior materials were developed. the facade finish and interior is the same, a textured white finish, a specific melamine (collaboration with aica) was created to achieve the same visual effect with high functional specification for strenghs and cleaning.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3080353711_69c00049ae_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3080353711_69c00049ae_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">2-the size, proportion, hight and materials of furniture re-evaluated the perception of scale. without user within the space the real scale and size of the interior is difficult to evaluate. all the elements that could reveal the scale and function of the space were redesigned. the kitchen identity, usually revealled by the tap and hood design disappear as the tap (just a metal line) and hood (integrated vertically within the wall) was developped, so the kitchen function even open does not seems to exist.<br />A private house is not a canvas for life it should define life itself, each action and movement is defined and controlled by the design of the space and it creates the balance of life, the speed and rythm of the human body.</span></div><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architect: Gwenael Nicolas - </span><a href="http://curiosity.jp/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Curiosity</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> + Tomoyuki Ustumi - </span><a href="http://www.milligram.ne.jp/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Milligram Studio</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Location: Tokyo, Japan</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project Year: 2005</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Client: Curiosity</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Structural Engineering: Mitsuhiro Kanada</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Main Contractor: Shin</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Site Area: 189 sqm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Constructed Area: 113 sqm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Photographs: Curiosity</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/3080355709_aa2f7731a6_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/3080355709_aa2f7731a6_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><p align="center"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3080356725_93a6bd40a0_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3080356725_93a6bd40a0_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/3081196230_069dae1342_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/3081196230_069dae1342_o.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p>

House C1 - Curiosity Inc.

The originality of the c-1 project started from the design process. it is designed as a product, unique independant, a seamless space where ...

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Rooftecture S - Shuhei Endo

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">A small residence for a couple, clinging onto a steep inclination that faces Setonaikai(Inland Sea) and bordered by a Y-intersection at the base of a hill, in a relatively old residential zone developed in tiered platforms. Site has an elongated triangular form, 20m long east-west and 1.5m to 4.0m deep. A retaining wall of wedge shaped stones standing in the back, facing north. Height is difference between the ground and the northern approach range from 5m to 8m. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAbuS7mJ2rq-FA0aPrpqwZmgBvBrrR0ZeXatJoE9-rJE5xQC_kfavCIVKuzEI0JUWL10AhIlpgLcs-I1mbCUcda2kajKjsduV/rooftecture-s-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAbuS7mJ2rq-FA0aPrpqwZmgBvBrrR0ZeXatJoE9-rJE5xQC_kfavCIVKuzEI0JUWL10AhIlpgLcs-I1mbCUcda2kajKjsduV/rooftecture-s-2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The main subject theme of this house has been about the archaic problem involving slopes and architecture. Maximizing the existing qualities that are the stone retaining wall in the back and the improved ground - that is, an extension of environmental attributes by means of reciprocal occupation between the slope and the architecture that is born when artificial elements are newly added. Such architectural additions consist of an artificial ground supported by a set of 5 piles and the roof and walls that enclose the space.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6hkO_r8vflKgDIWYSg_4SRglBgzh2rcM_zBBijHAQ7hSAvlxq4-7qP1SBPZj1DFsdqL128v5otJtZ7ZjdSS2Ow/rooftecture-s-6.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6hkO_r8vflKgDIWYSg_4SRglBgzh2rcM_zBBijHAQ7hSAvlxq4-7qP1SBPZj1DFsdqL128v5otJtZ7ZjdSS2Ow/rooftecture-s-6.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On the second floor, the roof and the floor which is the artificial ground continue to the northern terrace visually capture the stone retaining wall as an inner wall and the landscape framed inside the retaining wall and the wall on the western side. </span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1poR2YczIx4ynRBKQfEgp5UCl6O8eBGDPYIsRm-6sPuwrb0dcqKVAomto5v5B_uJCu6IR3hgyOa-wU3bBL455KpA/rooftecture-s-8.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1poR2YczIx4ynRBKQfEgp5UCl6O8eBGDPYIsRm-6sPuwrb0dcqKVAomto5v5B_uJCu6IR3hgyOa-wU3bBL455KpA/rooftecture-s-8.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The development of roof/wall is a rectangular sheet of metal shingle board. It maintains the logical extensity pertaining to the slope and the triangular land by folding and tilting. States of liberation and closure created though the interaction with the slope define this house’s spatial quality.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paR9CuwLzi9JV2xnIPCfI1MR_mOpAxukfqMUCUFOldh22IYdk1aldyp0Ujfpxkj83I5fhyjdsYTzOGm3s6s5Wtg/rooftecture-s-11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paR9CuwLzi9JV2xnIPCfI1MR_mOpAxukfqMUCUFOldh22IYdk1aldyp0Ujfpxkj83I5fhyjdsYTzOGm3s6s5Wtg/rooftecture-s-11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architects: </span><a href="http://www.paramodern.com/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Shuhei Endo</span></a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Location: Shioya Tarumi-ku Kobe, Hyogo-Pref., Japan</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Consultants: Masashi Ooji, Design-Structure Laboratory</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project year: 2005</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Principal use: HouseSite </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Area: 130 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Constructed Area: 65.7 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Photographs: Shuhei Endo</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJBlYv6XoW-q6f5dx_GYAFvJnKbzfrL1sbkMncMTVk-qKXiantUBNzyaMuuD9P_Kh2iCf3GRA7CQzZr5OxjmiLw/section-01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJBlYv6XoW-q6f5dx_GYAFvJnKbzfrL1sbkMncMTVk-qKXiantUBNzyaMuuD9P_Kh2iCf3GRA7CQzZr5OxjmiLw/section-01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pi_LD0qg_k9UeDoZ_w0epfWTgzDTiCaUfMXeZI-XpxLJDGcEyjhbUm9j9E0fqvvI-XsS-WVrhYmVr7fUIOKGK2w/section-02.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://ahvd8a.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pi_LD0qg_k9UeDoZ_w0epfWTgzDTiCaUfMXeZI-XpxLJDGcEyjhbUm9j9E0fqvvI-XsS-WVrhYmVr7fUIOKGK2w/section-02.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div>

Rooftecture S - Shuhei Endo

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House on a Slope - Dellekamp arquitectos

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">This 130m2 house is located on a rural area adjacent to Mexico City.Built with a budget of 60,000.00 USD the house employs standard materials and solutions as well as a simple structure.</span><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pR4x95mrwVvTWkbnwLj54mn4QWJO_H7kT6SxSa8KZLqAzn89C6u5w1XrirMQeTNLw5RCl8g3Y6nvKEN2nN6GDmeQSLrlQvHbspuRAFhsYOguQPCphalmt6dpBC2lCqdfg_Jl9uSUsC3O/s400/01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pR4x95mrwVvTWkbnwLj54mn4QWJO_H7kT6SxSa8KZLqAzn89C6u5w1XrirMQeTNLw5RCl8g3Y6nvKEN2nN6GDmeQSLrlQvHbspuRAFhsYOguQPCphalmt6dpBC2lCqdfg_Jl9uSUsC3O/s400/01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYItpUoHj0JpvY6Udp9PSdH2zxFxK6TB7CpgJWluyA2JzyY9-8kIEjoFngAGoMRz0j5eGUaJTgCKDsFyPIf0BBq6hbPEXvFjmz-wwLot9sf_jtbYuFbyGOcRTSzQzOvfDZEKOKLJOYULZL/s400/03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYItpUoHj0JpvY6Udp9PSdH2zxFxK6TB7CpgJWluyA2JzyY9-8kIEjoFngAGoMRz0j5eGUaJTgCKDsFyPIf0BBq6hbPEXvFjmz-wwLot9sf_jtbYuFbyGOcRTSzQzOvfDZEKOKLJOYULZL/s400/03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We placed the house looking to the west were the Izttlacihuatl and Popocatepetl volcanoes can be seen. The remaining three facades are solid to protect the interior from strong winds and assure privacy from the street at the lower level. </span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdln-y9klEw7wJzngFZvQtHKlv32BnXTOFd_dxQHsfUMzZBdCt-c6Bf14xI9eko5Ceb4ReH-Qrj_NVgcjUsiu3It-JCf-jx70qF92UkeLfqd9oVhPlGlasrXgAB-ACEuixPY8ZwIFbOc1O/s400/09.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdln-y9klEw7wJzngFZvQtHKlv32BnXTOFd_dxQHsfUMzZBdCt-c6Bf14xI9eko5Ceb4ReH-Qrj_NVgcjUsiu3It-JCf-jx70qF92UkeLfqd9oVhPlGlasrXgAB-ACEuixPY8ZwIFbOc1O/s400/09.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxePY2pnsXCvdQSMfQ0lMzf7zb8MQV5JSRKYkYVa7dblZGA7ZgI155U2wOMbpXaYZrNb8F1SLvDYR3jvgeMUQPzT7F8RWt3IK1JQyoXgLlcxBJ0_5g5tx3jZB1gemgSuotBEf-w19PKnzM/s400/10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxePY2pnsXCvdQSMfQ0lMzf7zb8MQV5JSRKYkYVa7dblZGA7ZgI155U2wOMbpXaYZrNb8F1SLvDYR3jvgeMUQPzT7F8RWt3IK1JQyoXgLlcxBJ0_5g5tx3jZB1gemgSuotBEf-w19PKnzM/s400/10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The slope is reflected on the glassed facade in the area that is under ground, continuing with the vertical circulation that follows the inclination of the site. To the main volume we added a platform that connects the interior with the garden and allows to see the complete view of the city that continues to the the north.<br />In order to accentuate the diagonal tensions of the topography and the house, the rectangles that conform the facades turned into triangles by simply painting them in two tones. </span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbpZFJkjayvAlc08pwiRz5W7Eh7Jye2RRAey0I1BY1ck9ghdJtAAMgzk3n-AgjQ0yDmylBJJdEHOO1wcmEBMFQOARVE8ASWCwaFJ6lLcQ4ZLZRRZY729-_90nj8sTR3_HP6dEdHw3VM3Q/s400/06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbpZFJkjayvAlc08pwiRz5W7Eh7Jye2RRAey0I1BY1ck9ghdJtAAMgzk3n-AgjQ0yDmylBJJdEHOO1wcmEBMFQOARVE8ASWCwaFJ6lLcQ4ZLZRRZY729-_90nj8sTR3_HP6dEdHw3VM3Q/s400/06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTELIia-PNv_F1OCDj8fKfzkwtS81ZV0nhyPd5fsFXiE_Jtnk2SGw0n0vw5hmw6irDoTl_ktPP2dyHShPCZXKx9Bku4lhICAcKtOd1MBkwypEnb0-gq-YRk6b3wGP2HwaOqLAsGO0YyG3D/s400/08.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTELIia-PNv_F1OCDj8fKfzkwtS81ZV0nhyPd5fsFXiE_Jtnk2SGw0n0vw5hmw6irDoTl_ktPP2dyHShPCZXKx9Bku4lhICAcKtOd1MBkwypEnb0-gq-YRk6b3wGP2HwaOqLAsGO0YyG3D/s400/08.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architects: </span><a href="http://dellekamparq.com/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Dellekamp arquitectos</span></a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Location: Desierto de los Leones, Mexico DF, Mexico</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project Leader: Derek Dellekamp</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project Team: Honoré Carmona, Fernando Valencia, Horacio Merediz, Omar Chávez Godoy</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Program: Single Family House</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Constructed Area: 130 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project Year: 2002-2003</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Photographs: Dellekamp arquitectos </span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><div align="center"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFKih2tyY893TV822to_Llt2mfzeiUmbQTgmWcDK_UG2YU9NyRnOkjg9elucA-20uDspfWnMFDqp6GMm-4h4jVBLl_ptDBKg5GHSENDvnUBNaTpeaE0GUouy8s1w4DiUkUmZsb0IRaso3/s400/site-plan.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFKih2tyY893TV822to_Llt2mfzeiUmbQTgmWcDK_UG2YU9NyRnOkjg9elucA-20uDspfWnMFDqp6GMm-4h4jVBLl_ptDBKg5GHSENDvnUBNaTpeaE0GUouy8s1w4DiUkUmZsb0IRaso3/s400/site-plan.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t1iNWO08rmmibPfdM16Wkfu2lBZoRUqRZXP92jvuPb-F74jr-qqLzDqKpZumVAlCSbLOEWVsvwdcEMozoeKtnGdw-7Kpw5L-rXKJGxnTFoVS2yoXRERfYfm8XJmGwYEBD4PM4ZKAtnL8/s400/plans.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t1iNWO08rmmibPfdM16Wkfu2lBZoRUqRZXP92jvuPb-F74jr-qqLzDqKpZumVAlCSbLOEWVsvwdcEMozoeKtnGdw-7Kpw5L-rXKJGxnTFoVS2yoXRERfYfm8XJmGwYEBD4PM4ZKAtnL8/s400/plans.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp26OqY7upy2GvOKXRz2vaIOcLH_8RGRxP0h8lYXd4A68OG75rMkmnaS8b4qXtvTP87rgzhsP_T7qQYzHNFSXTZTXSpvVDol7ECJO3adBTv63GFkLPS2iZvekvqIaQxggBaXRCkcdR_mF/s400/elevations.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp26OqY7upy2GvOKXRz2vaIOcLH_8RGRxP0h8lYXd4A68OG75rMkmnaS8b4qXtvTP87rgzhsP_T7qQYzHNFSXTZTXSpvVDol7ECJO3adBTv63GFkLPS2iZvekvqIaQxggBaXRCkcdR_mF/s400/elevations.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TkV1iMtcOidR3sGG-ohjKDBRMIJmqFjkIGgpn19VXLsD2RosvjqoViDd4_8xvWeCrAbxZh0hfihus5Gdau93RwgVqWkIPKRYdwFUZFuQaiMmZHs4yQz9S7-ndsH_jr6-yuOh8pzEZ5wy/s400/sections.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TkV1iMtcOidR3sGG-ohjKDBRMIJmqFjkIGgpn19VXLsD2RosvjqoViDd4_8xvWeCrAbxZh0hfihus5Gdau93RwgVqWkIPKRYdwFUZFuQaiMmZHs4yQz9S7-ndsH_jr6-yuOh8pzEZ5wy/s400/sections.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

House on a Slope - Dellekamp arquitectos

This 130m2 house is located on a rural area adjacent to Mexico City.Built with a budget of 60,000.00 USD the house employs standard material...

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