Introspective architecture
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Project • By Pereda Han Estudio • Housing
Casa dieciocho
Casa Dieciocho is a single-family residence conceived through the relationship between architecture, courtyard, and atmosphere. The project revisits the courtyard typology as an organizing element and reinterprets it through a contemporary logic that prioritizes inward-oriented domestic life, passive environmental control, and a contained, private spatial experience.
Alexis Pereda Chánez
The house is organized through a U-shaped scheme that structures the program around a central courtyard. This void acts as the main spatial and environmental articulator, regulating natural light, promoting cross-ventilation, and creating a sequence of spaces where illumination, shadow, and controlled views accompany everyday movement. The layo... More
News • News • 21 Jan 2022
Casa en la Piedad by Cotaparedes Arquitectos offers an exploration of introspective architecture
An exploration of introspective architecture, Casa en la Piedad by Cotaparedes Arquitectos is located within a closed subdivision in the city of La Piedad Michoacán.
César Béjar
The site, measuring 10m wide x 35m deep, has the same elongated dimensions as the Gilardi house by the famous Mexican architect Luis Barragán. The Gilardi house has a large ‘Jacaranda’ tree at its centre around which two main volumes of the house are organized. From this precedent, the architects determined the new house should also feature a central patio as a spatial articulator.
César Béjar
Another important element was the client’s desire for a basement that makes th... More