CASAS MESTRE | HOUSE OF STAIRS
Tres viviendas unifamiliares | Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, México
Three single-family houses | Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, Mexico
2013
PROGRAMA PROGRAM
Tres viviendas unifamiliares
Three Single-family Houses UBICACIÓN LOCATION
Col. Centro, Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, México
ESTATUS STATUS Construido | Built
PROYECTO ARQUITECTÓNICO
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT
DellekampArquitectos (Derek Dellekamp
& Jachen Schleich)
EQUIPO TEAM
Santiago Solana, Carlos Ramírez
FOTOGRAFÍA PHOTOGRAPHY Sandra Pereznieto
Este conjunto en el centro de Valle de Bravo consiste en tres viviendas adosadas en cuatro niveles, orientadas hacia el sur, con la tradición arquitectónica local en su materialidad y adaptación al terreno. Debido a la pendiente, la circulación se resolvió por medio de escaleras y medios niveles que pausan el ascenso y el descenso, formulan varios recorridos y ofrecen un promenade architectural. Un sistema de terrazas minimiza la excavación y maximiza las vistas al lago de manera funcional y simbólica. La mayoría de los árboles en el terreno se conservaron y se remplazaron aquellos en mal estado. Si bien Casas Mestre respeta el paisaje y reduce el uso de materiales para dar lugar a la experiencia espacial (muros de tabique aplanados y pintados de color blanco, piso de pizarra en interior y exterior, cancelería de aluminio electropintado de color negro, carpinterías de oyamel entintado), logra crear su propio lenguaje a partir de la disposición de los espacios y sus conexiones.
This complex of three semi-detached houses with four floors in Valle de Bravo is built along the local architectonic tradition and with local materials, facing south and wonderfully adapting to the terrain. The movement through the house is, adapted to the inclination of the terrain, realized by stairways and half-floors which pause ascent and descent, form various routes and offer an architectonic ambulatory. A system of terraces minimizes the need for excavation while at the same time maximizing the view over the lake in a functional and symbolic way. The majority of the trees on the land were conserved and only if they were in bad shape replaced by new trees. While Casas Mestre respects the landscape and reduces the use of material by opening up a spacious experience (white brick walls, slate floors inside and outside, aluminum works in black ecoating, inked Mexican fir) it also develops its own language through these spaces and its con- nections.
This is a housing complex built on a slope in the centre of Valle de Bravo. It consists of three residential townhouses on four levels, oriented to the south. It was designed with a system of terraces to minimize excavation and maximize the views toward the lake in a functional and symbolic manner. Most of the trees in the property were preserved and new ones were planted to replace trees in poor condition. While the Mestre housing project respects the surrounding landscape and uses local materials, it creates its own language through its spatial layout and its connections.
