Salazar (State of Mexico) MX
Private Housing
Built Area: 425m2
2019
A clear mountainous slate is the site that holds a living space for a family within the design of a green-pigmented concrete house. The adjacent plots do not contain any houses yet, but this possibility must be carefully considered in the design of each opening and view of the house. The design is broken up into three main blocks: the first holds all the service spaces: kitchen, storage, and laundry. The second block is for common gatherings: living space, eating, and social life, parallelly connected by a crossing path that links into the third block, creating an intimacy of space that distributes towards the various bedrooms of the house.
The spatial blocks gradually change height depending on the pl. The site’s mountainous surroundings establish the design of the house as a space for contemplation. The living space becomes both a frame for the outside landscape an the container for the introspective reflections of the individual lives that will unravel within the house.
The different spaces emphasize an exploration of transitions and framings, reinforcing the importance of interior-exterior contemplation and how this affects the inhabitants’ experience.
Some questions are left unanswered but become guiding speculations for my design process: how does living space shape an individual’s experience, and how does this experience re-emerge across encounters with other space? The spaces we inhabit start setting the lens that continues to shape our experience as we navigate our lives.