Casa Cañada : SLOT

Casa Cañada

_Metepec, Mexico

Casa Cañada

Program

_Holiday Home

Area

_3,133 m²

Design Year

_2018

Location

_Metepec, Mexico

Status

_Comissioned for SD/ DD/ CD/ Under Construction

Client

_Confidential

CASA CAÑADA IS A WEEKEND HOUSE IN THE UPSKIRTS OF MEXICO CITY LOCATED IN THE WOODS ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY OF CAÑADA DE ALFÉREZ. A SLY VOLUME THAT CONCEALS ITS TRUE SIZE NURTURE AN INTIMATE AND WARM INNER LIVING SPACE ENCLOSED IN A BURNT WOOD SHELL THAT BLENDS WITH THE DENSE FOREST. THE SHAPE THAT ARISES FROM THE ROOFTOP EVOKES THE SILHOUETTE OF THE MOUNTAINS BUT ALSO IS A SUSTAINABLE FEATURE TO HARVEST RAINWATER AND REGULATE SUNLIGHT. A RHYTHM IN EVERY SUSTAINABLE FINISH MATERIAL IS MET THROUGH THE PANELING SEEN FROM THE WOOD PLANKS IN THE FAÇADE TO THE CONCRETE SLABS IN THE CEILING, BRIDGING A UNITY IN THE DESIGN.

Colaboration

  • Juan Carlos Vidals

    Partner

  • José Moreno

    Project Manager

  • Miguel Ángel Jiménez

    Project Designer

  • Ana Laura Arista

    Architect

  • Alberto Bautista Che

    Landscape Architect

  • Romain Roy-Pinot

    Architect

  • Carolina Arellano

    Architect

  • Daniel Juárez

    Visual Artist

  • Victor Zuñiga

    Architect

  • Emmanuelle Rosas

    Office Manager

  • Erick Amaro

    Intern