LL House | RA!

Tepoztlán / Mexico / 2024

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Under the cliffs of Tepozteco emerges LL House, where its monoliths settle as if the weathered stones of the hill had been sculpted to inhabit them.


The geometric composition of the house responds to a fragmentation of prisms that join and separate to shape its internal spaces. They come together to create amplitude and disperse to retreat into solitude.


Each of the volumes denies the views from the street, thus creating the volumetric gesture through which the house begins to be discovered. Towards the hill, the house opens its windows and expands its spaces to pay homage to the beauty of the mountains. Once crossing the Access alleys between the large blocks that compress us and guide us inside, a transition occurs where there is a brutal expansion towards the generous garden and the view of the mountains.


The extensive garden is surrounded by the resting areas of the house: four bedrooms and the living room. The remaining fragments detach from the garden to appropriate the residual spaces, creating new courtyards and staggered views that allow the entry of natural light in the afternoon.


The construction of the house uses a system of expanded polystyrene panels covered with a three-dimensional wire structure, through which the concrete tinted with tones that abstract the hue of the mountain filters outward.


 


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Bajo las faldas del Tepozteco surge la Casa LL, que con sus monolitos se asientan como si las piedras deslavadas del cerro se hubiesen esculpido para habitarlas.


La composición geométrica de la casa responde a una fragmentación de prismas que se unen y se separan para conformar los espacios. Se agregan para generar amplitud y se disgregan para retraerse en la soledad.


Cada uno de los volúmenes se niega al acceso, generando así el gesto volumétrico por el que se comienza a descubrir la casa. Hacia el cerro la casa abre sus ventanas y expande sus espacios para dar reverencia a la belleza de los montes.


Una vez cruzando los callejones del acceso entre los grandes bloques que nos comprimen y nos guían al interior, se ocasiona una transición en donde se genera una expansión brutal hacia el generoso jardín y la vista a las montañas. 


El extenso jardín se encuentra rodeado de las áreas de descanso de la casa, cuatro habitaciones y la estancia, los fragmentos restantes se desprenden del jardín para apropiarse de los espacios residuales generando nuevos patios y vistas desfazadas que permiten la entrada de luz natural por la tarde.


La construcción de la casa utiliza un sistema de paneles de poliestireno expandido recubierto de una estructura tridimensional de alambre con la cual se cuela hacia el exterior el concreto entintado con las tonalidades que abstraen el matiz de la montaña.


 


Lead Architects: Santiago Sierra, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar


Other participants: Daniel Martinez, Lourdes Gamez


Photography: Mariana Achach (https://www.achachfotografia.com/)

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    Under the cliffs of Tepozteco emerges LL House, where its monoliths settle as if the weathered stones of the hill had been sculpted to inhabit them. The geometric composition of the house responds to a fragmentation of prisms that join and separate to shape its internal spaces. They come together to create amplitude and disperse to retreat into solitude. Each of the volumes denies the views from the street, thus creating the volumetric gesture through which the house begins to be discovered....

    Project details
    • Year 2024
    • Work finished in 2024
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Single-family residence / Interior Design
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