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Project • By COLAR colectivo de arquitectura • Pavilions

Cempasúchil Pavilion

The pavilion emerged from the need to create a temporary structure capable of providing shade and shelter over a four-day period. Conceived as a place for gathering, it is organized around a single shared table where different groups of people meet throughout the day, encouraging informal encounters and collective occupation. Beyond its functional requirements, the project explores architecture as a temporary act of spatial organization. Edgar García + Rui Ortiz Edgar García + Rui Ortiz Edgar García + Rui Ortiz Edgar García + Rui Ortiz Set within a rural pasture, the project draws directly from its surroundings. Straw bales, ordinarily used as feed for the horses and mares that inhabit the si... More

Project • By Moctezuma Estudio de Arquitectura • Private Houses

GIULIA House

This housing project obeys in the first instance the construct that we understand as architecture, to say: the architectural program (dynamics), the use of space (the practical use of space), habitability, habitat (the place in a broad vision ) and the atmosphere of space (what is perceived in space).With this vision of how to build the space, we can mention two important elements.One attends to the optimization of space, achieving that a property measuring 6.5 m wide by 18.5 m deep, can provide larger areas than what is conventionally established. This is achieved by means of a reduced number of walls as well as a dense and compact arrangement of the same.The other element is materiality, to which it responds both to the habitat and the at... More