MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos

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Tapalpa, Mexico
  • Architects In Charge: Elías Rizo Suárez, Alejandro Rizo Suárez
  • Collaborators: Carlos Miramontes, Jenny Mora, Jenny Camarena, Paola Hernández, Alma Osnaya, Gabriela Chávez, Roberto Contreras, Rodrigo Ortega, Daniela Valdez, Diana Reséndiz.
  • Interior Design: Kárima Dipp
  • City: Tapalpa
  • Country: Mexico
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MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos - Shelving, Chair, Beam
© Marcos Garcia

Text description provided by the architects. House MM presented an unusual challenge for us. Two brothers who owned a considerable stretch of land in Tapalpa approached us with the intention of building two separate houses. As we dug into the project´s needs we realized that both of our clients had similar needs an while they didn’t mind, and in fact preferred, that the houses share a common language, each one had to convey its own singular personality. The topography of the site imposed its own set of variables that resulted in further slight alterations in the design of each house.

MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos - Table, Wood, Chair, Beam
© Marcos Garcia

A similar set of priorities was implemented in dimensioning spaces and establishing spatial relationships between functions.

MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos - Table, Chair, Windows, Beam
© Marcos Garcia

Access to both buildings became a primary concern in our design. Although the entry layout and sequences were mainly driven by function, the clients expressed a desire that entrance into the houses be conceived as an experience in its own right. We then proceeded to articulate the entry modules with their various spaces (mud room, garage, storage, and service quarters) around open courtyards that catch the eye and allow daylight in.

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© Marcos Garcia

Both buildings are shaped by a need for flexible use of space, and a desire to connect with outdoors. Throughout the houses one finds that a large extent of walls and windows are in fact operable partitions that can be hidden entirely from sight to connect adjacent spaces with kindred functions, or to expose the house to its surroundings.

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Lower Floor Plan (House A)

House A, which was built on the higher part of the property, maintains a more introvert disposition. Its floor plan displays a slight angularity that distinguishes in from B, and all of its spaces are arranged around an open yard. Aside from the master bedroom, which stands off-axis and partially detached from the rest of the house, all dormitories contain a mezzanine level with additional beds.

MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos - Table, Windows, Beam
© Marcos Garcia

House B shares to overall layout and spatial sequence of House A, but displays a strict, rectilinear floor plan which looks out beyond the property´s edge. Unlike House A, its dormitories are on a single level.

MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos - Stairs
© Marcos Garcia

The exposed steel structure, with its clean lines and its stark geometry, acts as disciplined three-dimensional contour, framing planes and volumes clad in raw texture, which in turn a direct relationship to the building´s natural setting.

MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos - Brick, Facade, Concrete, Windows, Handrail
© Marcos Garcia

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Cite: "MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos" 14 Oct 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/556176/mm-house-elias-rizo-arquitectos> ISSN 0719-8884

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