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CASA VIÑEDO
Juan Pablo Cepeda

A Collective Refuge in the Vineyards of SMA

Amid the rolling hills of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, where vineyards unfold like a tapestry beneath the Bajío sun; rises CASA VIÑEDO. Conceived as a fractional property, it allows its redisents to enjoy a retreat home by paying only for the share they use while sharing maintenance costs with other families. 

photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda
photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda

Located within Viña del Cielo, an exclusive development where each lot includes its own private vineyard, the project is immersed in a landscape of over 100,000 m2 of vines, with up to seven different veritals. For this fractional ownership model, the house was conceived through a play of planes in walls and roofs, creating movement and visual deph that ties its volumetry to both the surrounding landscape and the vineyard itself. 

photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda
photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda

Three volumes converse like furrows in the earth, carefully orineted to frame the landscape of vines and distant mountains. The villa is rotatedsixty degrees form its original alignment, searching for the sun, the views, and above all, the endless horizon of vineyards. Sloping roofs, at times opposing, at times harmonious, create an almost musical rythm: soaring double-hight living areas, private rooms discreetly overlooking the fields, and passage that led toward contemplation.

photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda
photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda

Double walls, clad in local white stone, shield against the dryness of the highland climate and the chill of the night, while terracota tiles and natural wood warm the interiors with a tactile intimacy. Between concrete and soild, shadow and light, the architecture finds balance. 

photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda

A reflecting pool and walls painted in deep Mexican purple mark the entrance, a chromatic gesture that recalls the picturesque vibrancy of San Miguel de Allende. In this way, CASA VIÑEDO, is more that a house among vineyards- it is a place where architecture opens like the vine itself, entwining with the land, with time, and with memory.

photo_credit Juan Pablo Cepeda
Juan Pablo Cepeda
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