Mexican studio Espacio 18 Arquitectura has balanced an expansive concrete home designed like a “rock carved to create a sculpture” on a hillside in Oaxaca.
Referred to as Casa del Alma, the 460-square metre (4,950-square foot) home was accomplished in 2023 because the shopper’s “final refuge” after a “lengthy life of labor and journey”, in keeping with Espacio 18.
Two concrete containers – set within the highest up subsequent to an ecological reserve – body views of Oaxaca Metropolis and create an area for “peace, assembly, contemplation, and introspection”, Espacio 18 stated.
Structural concrete embeds the home within the terrain and the boxy concrete varieties jut out in cantilevers from the slight slope.
“This undertaking was impressed by the masters of sunshine, comparable to [Gian Lorenzo] Bernini or present masters comparable to Alberto Campo Baeza,” the studio stated.
“The totally different makes use of of sunshine within the house enable the undertaking to evolve throughout the day, throughout the yr within the totally different seasons. It is as if it had been a rock carved to create a sculpture.”
The 2 halves are divided by a monumental, entry staircase with floating concrete treads and lightweight that filters down between the concrete beams.
“By vertical subtractions, we work with gentle, creating domes, beams and home windows,” the studio continued. “The sunshine expands by means of the areas, bathes the partitions and exhibits us the passage of time.”
Set primarily inside a single degree for the comfort of the resident – regardless of the entry stair – this system is separated into private and non-private zones on both aspect of the staircase.
One aspect – which is slanted deeper into the hillside – holds service areas and the kitchen, eating and residing areas, whereas the opposite holds two ensuite bedrooms.
The inside finishes are minimal, leveraging the poured-in-place concrete construction and polished concrete flooring with uncovered combination. Low-profile glass and steel function extra detailing.
Giant rectilinear skylights illuminate the loos and the circulation areas, the place the repetitive concrete beams reappear.
The areas that face away from the hill are characterised by floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doorways that enable the view to function the fourth wall.
The linear balconies haven’t any roof however are wrapped by a deep concrete beam in addition to delicate glass railings.
The staircase wraps as much as one other bed room and an expansive terrace that appears out to the encircling panorama and metropolis. An out of doors kitchen is constructed into the rooftop.
Within the basement, the parking space and mechanical rooms are tucked underneath the concrete cantilever.
The structure permits cross air flow each horizontally and vertically to mitigate the nice and cozy local weather of Oaxaca, and a rainwater harvesting system and LED lighting contribute to the house’s resiliency.
Espacio 18 Arquitectura additionally accomplished a concrete and terracotta seaside home in Oaxaca that orients to the dawn and sundown, in addition to a darkish gray townhouse with a glazed inside courtyard in Puebla.
The pictures is by César Béjar.
Mission credit:
Design: Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Inside design: Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Builders: Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Architect in cost: Sonia Morales
Landscaping: Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Group: Mario Ávila, Carla Osorio, Sonia Morales, Karina Flores, Paola Alavez, Marco Farias, Noemié Coquil
Carpentry: Orvesa y diseño
Engineer: LM Estructuras
Steelwork: Alfredo y Ramon
Interceramic: Toilet Furnishings and {hardware}
CEMEX: Concrete
GEO Iluminacion: Lighting undertaking
Concrete workshop: Terrazo
