Materka House / T3arc

Materka House / T3arc - Windows, BeamMaterka House / T3arc - Brick, BeamMaterka House / T3arc - Brick, FacadeMaterka House / T3arc - Table, Chair, Beam, PatioMaterka House / T3arc - More Images+ 40

Puebla, Mexico
  • Architects: T3arc:  T3arc / Alfredo Cano Briceño
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  220
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Luis Gordoa

Text description provided by the architects. We built this house around a piano whose sound we had to contain. In an area of 220 sqm, we had to make sure that the pianist obtained right acoustic conditions in a space large enough to give recitals and group lessons. 

Materka House / T3arc - Facade, Windows
© Luis Gordoa

At the same time, the house had to protect the neighbors and the other residents of the house from the sound. We surrounded all edges of the site with tall stone walls. With concrete beams crossing them, we suspended all the second floor leaving the ground floor almost empty, isolating the piano.

Floor Plan

In the middle of this space, under the master bedroom, is the living room where the piano takes center stage and, thanks to recycled wood floors and the stone porosity, the sound is properly absorbed. The house has two sunny bedrooms and a dark movie studio in the second floor. 

Materka House / T3arc - Windows, Brick, Facade, Beam
© Luis Gordoa

The house, wrapped in stone, opens to the sun all day; however, the house is denying all outside views. It achieves this by receiving sun light reflected off all the walls. It is a house that seems in constant motion by light.

Materka House / T3arc - Beam
© Luis Gordoa

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Cite: "Materka House / T3arc" 10 Jul 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/147546/materka-house-t3arc> ISSN 0719-8884

© Luis Gordoa

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