Andrés Stebelski Arquitecto

House With Four Courtyards

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque

House with Four Courtyards

Andrés Stebelski Arquitecto

MANUFACTURERS
Comex, Kardel, Val Y Val, Zkava

CONSTRUCTION
Lucio Núñez

STRUCTURE
Mata/triana Ingenieros

BUILDING SERVICES
Rcl Instalaciones

LANDSCAPE
Manuel Quintanilla

PHOTOGRAPHS
Onnis Luque

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Mexico City, Mexico

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Located in the heritage area of the old town of Tacubaya, this house aims to reinterpret the use of the courtyard in a contemporary manner.

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque

In the lot there was a very run down structure, which was demolished to build the new house.

A perimeter wall 6 meters high insulates the house from its environment, containing the space.

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque

This wall becomes a discreet facade towards the street that respects the height of the neighboring properties and the harmony of the street.

On the ground, the house reads like a chessboard, alternating solid volumes and courtyards; but as the house is made of glass throughout, the space is conceived as one: the inside becomes the outside and vice versa.

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque

The metal structure plays an important role in the project, it creates a three-dimensional grid which defines the spaces; it is also slim enough to allow transparency. The structure is visible both in the ceilings and floors giving rhythm and order.

The house has two floors, on the first there are the public spaces: entrance, parking, laundry, kitchen, dining room and study.

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque

On the second floor there are three bedrooms with their own dressing rooms and bathrooms. The living room, double height, spatially connects the two floors, stairs and courtyards.

The vegetation of the courtyards becomes a part of the house, giving the impression of living in contact with the outside. Thanks to the courtyards, the sun bathes the house all day creating a play of reflections and shadows that animate the space.

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque

The roof is a garden with a glass cube protruding amid the plants; it regulates the temperature of the house and is the ideal place to read, watch the vegetation and the roofs of the old town of Tacubaya.

House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque


House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque


House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
House With Four Courtyards
© Onnis Luque
House With Four Courtyards
House With Four Courtyards


House With Four Courtyards
Planta
House With Four Courtyards
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House With Four Courtyards
Roof Plan
House With Four Courtyards
Corte

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