Casa Goliana Mérida, is a residence from the middle of the last century, in which a restoration and architectural intervention process was carried out seeking to rescue the traditional values and materials of Yucatecan architecture.
The house has 200 square meters, considering the original structure where the main bedroom, the social area and the services are. The extension to the rear of the property has two additional bedrooms, one on the ground floor and one on the upper floor.
The historic part of the house consists of three bays, where a restoration process was carried out in its structure and in the original carpentry, preserving the existing doors and windows and reincorporating the pasta floors that were in the project but had to be removed and replaced for construction reasons.

The color palette used in the project is predominantly neutral (with the exception of the pasta floors), as can be seen in the white cement and chukum walls and exteriors. The aim was to create a fresh and tropical space through the use of vegetation, furniture and wooden pieces in natural and raw tones, where art would play a leading role in the space.
The main bedroom is located in the first bay of the property, and due to the fact that it is in a corner, it has privileged lighting since it has two sets of double doors and two sets of windows with views to the outside where the carpentry works as a regulator of the passage of light.

The main entrance to the property is located in the second bay, with a small hall and the living room, where a beautiful and colorful wooden piece of furniture has the double function of being a piece of art but also hides the television behind its structure.

The kitchen, in the third bay, has a chukum and granite island that is integrated into the exterior through a large ironwork window that connects to the terrace and is part of the new construction, respecting the proportions of the heights of the first three bays, integrating the use of stone from the region in the floors, using the same format of the interior pasta floors. In this part, in addition to the terrace and a concrete sofa, there is a half bathroom and the laundry area.

In the central patio is the pool that runs through the property among tropical vegetation until reaching the expansion of the project, whose chukum façade has a pure, sober and simple volumetry, which seeks to reinterpret the traditional proportions of Yucatecan architecture where the massif over the opening is predominant. This area has two rooms, one on each level. The one on the ground floor with a privileged view of the pool and a small private garden giving a feeling of spaciousness and freshness. Contrasting with the contemporary reading of the chukum finishes is the property's old stone well that now functions as a planter and together with the original stone wall symbolically unites the past with the present.
Casa Goliana Mérida transmits a feeling of tranquility and comfort, through the use of its materials, colors and textures, creating the perfect environment for relaxation and enjoyment of those who visit it.

Team:

Architects: Workshop, Diseño y Construcción 

Interiors: Laseu Studio

Project team: Arq. Francisco Bernés Aranda, Arq. Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Ing. Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Arq. Isabel Bargas Cicero.
Photographer: Manolo R. Solís