Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has designed the Actual de Los Reyes housing advanced in Mexico Metropolis’s Coyoacán neighbourhood, which options colored concrete facades pierced with round perforations.
The housing block contains 13 particular person properties fashioned from rectilinear strengthened concrete volumes in a particular terracotta hue with perforated latticework in Coyoacán, a former village that continues to be often called the cultural coronary heart of Mexico Metropolis.
“The design intention was to protect using the land within the space, conserving and respecting the heights allowed by the town rules,” mentioned Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos.
“[The project has] a well-defined look, through which mass and materiality are uncovered in an answer that personalises the house.”
Every home is organized throughout 4 ranges, with area for parking and repair items situated at avenue degree.
Guests enter the bottom ground by way of chunky staircases that result in communal areas similar to spacious dwelling rooms, which open onto sun-lit internal courtyards flanked by concrete partitions and floor-to-ceiling glazing.
The primary ground options every dwelling’s non-public areas together with bedrooms with en-suite bogs, whereas the ultimate rooftop degree gives a non-public terrace with views of the encircling neighbourhood.
All through the advanced, round perforations forged dramatic shadows on the facades, whereas the positioning is interspersed with patches of lush vegetation.
“Actual de Los Reyes was designed with a passive vitality technique leveraging pure lighting and cross air flow connecting every of the areas inside every home to their corresponding open areas [such as] lighting cubes and/or patios,” defined the structure studio.
“The architectural programme is predicated at its core across the every day actions within the residence,” it added. “Given the change in post-pandemic routines, areas have been thought-about that aren’t solely comfy and purposeful however combine moments of silence, lighting, privateness and pleasure.”
The homes’ inside designs had been left to their particular person occupants, in accordance with Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos.
Colored concrete is usually utilized by architects to finish residential tasks in Mexico. Related housing embrace a board-formed concrete Mexico Metropolis residence by native studio PPAA and a pigmented residence block in Veracruz by Rafael Pardo.
The pictures is by Rafael Gamo.
