Manuel Cervantes Estudio
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Project • By Manuel Cervantes Estudio • Housing
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Home - StudioTwo Houses and Studio, Amatepec
Two Houses and Studio is a set of 2 dwellings built in one of Mexico City ́s areas that has a determinant topographic condition towards a ravine. From a site length of 125 meters, only 70 were used due to the natural reserve in which the property is inserted; and conjugated with this condition, lateral, front and back restrictions were respected, which were the starting point of the design.
Rafael Gamo
This points of departure generated a series of terraces that, in each level, are the extension of the interior space. This staggering allows the whole to be integrated with the topography of the property without being aggressive with the surroundings.
The program consists of two dwellings w... More
Project • By Manuel Cervantes Estudio • Offices
Next Vegetales Headquarters
Built between two leaf-vegetable production warehouses, the idea behind this project was to locate the complex’s offices in a space that would draw attention to the constant interaction of the management departments in order to create a harmonious environment, moving away from the traditional office feel and toward a collective experience of working together with a shared purpose.
Rafael Gamo
In common with other projects, I found that I was working with a piece of land without the ordinary limits found in the ordinary concept of a plot or property. Here the context was provided by farmland with distant horizons. This became the second core question: How to contain a workplace while giving the entire complex a human scale and pr... More
News • News • 28 Oct 2020
Landscape plays a central role in the design of Santana House by Manuel Cervantes Estudio
Generating a transition between building and nature, landscape is central to the design of the Santana House by Manuel Cervantes Estudio. Located in Valle De Bravo, Mexico, the house is carefully situated on site, with an existing pine retained within the entry courtyard. A space for meeting and congregation, the courtyard forms the heart of the house and connects to the bedrooms, living and utility areas. Open views out the landscape are afforded from every room.
Credit: Rafael Gamo
The house features an exposed wooden structure which is based on a series of repeating frames and a single pitch roof. In addition to the use of timber, other key materials utilized include stone for flooring and select walls, with rough-textured p... More