Fuentes 28 is a housing project for a non-defined user that seeks to blend within the context through its materials, whilst giving an identity to the building. It locates in one of the most important housing developments in the city of Cancún, Quintana Roo, on a 200m2 area.

One of the critical challenges at the beginning was the creation of a unique identity and character to the house, given that at the request of the owner, it shares its spatial programme with the adjacent project. To solve this, the design sought for a completely different material palette from the neighbouring project; a series of bright and whitish, that elegantly contrast with the hardness and sturdiness of the tzalam wood, that becomes the main feature of the façade through a retractable lattice, having as a result a façade with movement, that reflect the dynamism of the user’s day to day.

The spatial programme composes of the social area that englobes kitchen, living room, dining room, guest bathroom and pool, as well as garage, laundry and service area; on the other hand, the upper floor locate three bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, dressing room and a recreational and study area. All the spaces combine with skylights, crossed ventilation and different ceiling heights, that emphasise the creation of a relaxed and open atmosphere indoors. The spaces jumble with each other, resulting in a fluid interconnection, that gives the user the opportunity of adapt it to their lifestyle.

The simple yet elegant volumetry, whether indoors or outdoors, encases itself with the selected materials like tzalam wood, chukum, galarza stone, white limestone and clear flooring, resembling the laja stone, that besides of giving luminosity to the spaces, they allow to incorporate the project to its context without losing its unique features and character. To add the most natural light possible and to emphasise the beauty of the materials, the project strategically places several fixed tempered glass windows in areas like staircase, dressing room and shower areas. As a result, the project has spaces with great lighting yet preserving the required privacy.

Finally, the main feature of the façade, the retractile lattice conforms from a series of tzalam wood elements, placed on forged framed over a rail, allowing its easy opening. The lattice locates between the balcony area of the twin bedrooms; hence every user within them can decide its position, thus creating a series of different façades within one.