Cuartopiso and Barragán Arquitectos have accomplished an all-electric, twelve-unit condominium complicated with large balconies overlooking the road in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico.
Native company Cuartopiso partnered with Barragán Arquitectos, a Mexico Metropolis-based studio based by the nephew of Mexican architect Luis Barragán, to construct Hacienda Santa Bárbara 107, which measures 978 sq. metres (10,527 sq. ft) and was accomplished in 2023.
The complicated is positioned on a vacant lot in the midst of the rising metropolitan space of Querétaro, and the design works to activate the property and its residents with straightforward pedestrian and bicycle entry across the previous a part of the town.
“The constructing evokes a sequence of areas that convey the expertise of dwelling in a spot the place pure supplies, structure and the neighborhood contribute to our happiness,” the workforce informed Dezeen.
“Our mission introduced life to a as soon as quiet avenue and utilized an city void in a method that permits for extra sustainable and related existence to happen,” the workforce stated.
The constructing – which takes up about 65 per cent of the parcel – is positioned on the centre of the lot and maximizes views, pure mild and cross air flow, in addition to making a direct relationship with the encompassing metropolis by deep balconies on the highest three ranges of the four-storey design.
The bottom degree is walled off from the road however every of the twelve residences are nook models, which the studio stated is “a easy and uncommon luxurious that considerably improves the standard of the areas and makes it potential to separate private and non-private life”.
The concrete ground slabs push previous the perimeter of the enclosed house to create planted terraces, which deliver rhythm, mild, and aperture to the constructing.
“These exterior areas work as an extension of the lounge and on the similar time embrace a inexperienced barrier that permits privateness to be saved,” the workforce stated.
By way of supplies, the workforce utilized regional limestone finishes, terrazzo and marble flooring, and wooden, concrete and ironwork parts.
“We made an additional effort to supply supplies domestically, from bricks to finishes, not solely to scale back carbon footprint, but additionally as a result of we imagine that structure dialogs to its context by materiality.”
“With these supplies we respect the structure of the realm, we worth nature and we get better artisan manufacturing.”
The outside partitions are constructed with a double layer of hole clay bricks that mitigate the interior temperature.
The all-electric design is fed by photo voltaic panels on the roof, which is split into designated sections for an array for every condominium, in addition to one for the elevator and customary space lighting.
The roof additionally serves as a rain assortment system that filters water into the subsoil on the basement degree.
“Most significantly, the constructing’s best environmental characteristic is its location,” the workforce stated, referencing the efforts to re-densify the town and cut back vehicular emissions in Querétaro.
Luis Barragán Rivera based Barragán Arquitectos in 1991 after working in his uncle’s workshop. The studio works to prioritize the perfect “much less is extra,” in its design, which is clear in lots of Luis Barragán’s works, resembling his 1976 design of Casa Gilardi.
Different latest tasks in Querétaro embrace a basalt-clad residence by Reims 502.
The images is by Ariadna Polo and Misplaced Immigrants.
Mission credit:
Architects: Cuartopiso, Barragán Arquitectos
Architects in cost: Juan Pablo González de Cossio, Luis Barragán Rivera
Landscaping: matorral
Communication: space colectiva
