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Architects: em-estudio
- Area: 620 m²
- Year: 2018
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Text description provided by the architects. The house is located west of Guadalajara, Jalisco, in a private subdivision overlooking a forest that borders a golf course.
The concept of the project arises from a reinterpretation of the traditional Mexican houses, where public and private spaces revolve around a central courtyard.
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The facade towards the street is composed of two solid volumes that generate access to the house in their intersection. The entrance to the house goes through a small square located one meter below street level, from which one ascends to a vestibule that leads to a staircase that connects the top floor, where the bedrooms are located, and the ground floor, where the social areas of the house are located.
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The ground floor of the project is situated half a floor below street level and half a floor above the golf course, which the property faces. It is on this floor that the home offices, family room, living room, dining room and kitchen are organized around a central courtyard with an internal corridor. This courtyard visually connects all the spaces and provides a landscape of its own for the house.
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The living room is located at the centre of the project in a double-height space through which the outer forest permeates into the interior. The double height is crossed by a bridge that connects the children's bedrooms on the top floor with the master bedroom and the gym.
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The rear volume that turns towards the forest consists of a stone base, with the volume of the master bedroom prostrated in cantilever and with double height windows dividing the room.
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