This luxury house is located on a corner on the west side of Mexico City. Designed by Hemaa to respond to three key objectives—the preservation of previously existing trees as core elements of the project, isolation from the street’s busy road, and the incorporation of an ample architectural programme on a plot with limited dimensions.
Within its clearly urban environment, the sense of privacy is successfully achieved thanks to a monolithic and nearly blind façade which extends out the street, only interrupted by some openings designed for lighting and ventilation purposes, which respond to the interior’s architectural design plan. In contrast, the south-facing side of the property is more open, offering a broad view of the garden, while it bathes the interior of the house in light and provides natural landscapes to each and every habitable area.
The luxury Mexican home responds to a structural order consisting of base, body, and capital. Its exterior evinces such order through the use of white exposed concrete structural elements that crown the openings, work as enclosures, and clearly define the house’s levels.
A transition threshold that works as a hinge-connection between the exterior and the interior leads to the main entrance situated on one of the sides of the construction. The central space consisting of living room, dining room, and kitchen opens up to a full view of the garden and its impressive visual core element: a three-trunk Peruvian Peppertree, which proudly steals the spotlight as this land’s five-decade guardian.
The vertical path directs you towards the family area and the most private areas of the house. On the second floor, you can find the main terrace, topped by a white concrete pergola, as the tree canopy weaves and blends with the structure’s beams, creating a light and shadow grid.
This is how the architects define this luxury Mexican homes design: discovering evergreen views of the garden in sequential order, while the limits of the architectural creation fade into its immediate natural context.
A neutral colour palette in the interiors, along with natural-source illumination generates a spatial quality that promotes a calm atmosphere and reaffirms the project’s residential character.
Photpgraphy by Rafael Gamo
