Organized around a long corridor, the different rooms in the house are placed such that maximum privacy from other members of the household, as well as neighbors, can be guaranteed. Additionally, in order to plan for future gatherings and maximize the public areas of the house, all public programs are placed on the second floor of the house, which is below the first. This offers the opportunity to extend the house’s backyard toward the interior of the house. Similarly, a long ramp cuts through the entire site, allowing for several parking spots to become available if needed, but also for new and unexpected uses of the sunken patio area.

A semi-porous façade permeates through most of the house, enabling air to seep through the interior, while calibrating the amount of light and heat that enters the spaces. Importantly, the house uses the earth as a new physical and metaphorical ground for architecture amidst climate crisis.

Location
Tecate, Mexico

Collaborators
House Operations (Paola Cuevas Báez, Andrés Romero Pompa, José Ibarra)