Alpes House by Garduño Architects - Unique Functionally and Esthetically House

Alpes House by Garduño Architects – Unique Functionally and Esthetically House

Alpes House by Garduño Architects

The Alpes House is designed by Garduño Architects to represent the intensity of a family that lives, loves and makes art in Mexico City. The house had to reflect their passions clearly through space, connectivity and the use of materials. The project built in concrete to catch the natural context as well as the different spatial, functional and mood necessities.

unique esthetically Alpes House by Garduño Architects

The color of the concrete was made to match a sample of “tepetate” (a brittle volcanic rock), a material naturally found in this terrain. The match was perfect and the concrete blends in a natural and warm way with its surroundings while providing the advantage of its structural qualities needed to develop the conceptual idea into a real space. Another material used is one type of wood and one type of stone. The idea was to let the materials and space works themselves up and around, unfolding into their own unique form. The final result is made up of areas that interact with each other, preserving their own proportions given their use and importance on the program. Transparency was obtained throughout the house with the use of glass panels, enjoying green views from every angle integrating them intimately with the inner space.

concrete and wood material Alpes House by Garduño Architects

The base level was used to obtain the height needed to be able to free the views from the house to the adjacent park, security, all important issues for this family, were also achieved through raising the house, as well as making room for parking their cars. The lower level occupies most of the program; foyer, living room, dining room, kitchen, pool and the children´s bedrooms are all connected here. In the upper floor a studio, with an independent entrance from the street and intimately communicated with the master bedroom was designed to be able to sleep and work on the same area but giving each independence from one another. There is a service room ingeniously embedded into the program between the kitchen and the master bedroom, not seen in any facade but with its own private terrace and natural light.