House Among Trees by Muñoz Arquitectos Asociados

House Among Trees by Munoz Arquitectos

This House Among Trees is designed to respect the pre-existing site, natural site with dense of different trees. The program divided between 3 clear sites, free from vegetation, maximize the plot. The service area placed near the road, the living area take the most beautiful place around the trees and finally in the clear closer to the golf course occupied by pool with a covered terrace, a space often used to enjoys the shade, the breeze and good views. All volume make up among the trees.

pool and garden House Among Trees by Munoz Arquitectos

Two of the volumes, the first and last, are orthogonal with respect to the terrain and the central volume is intended for a left turn in front of a flamboyant which is the chief guest at the party of social areas and bedrooms, giving with this rotation movement to the composition. All fields are oriented north-south and attempt to cross ventilation.
It is noteworthy that the inhabitants of this house have a great artistic affinity for what is sought to place walls and pieces of art spaces both indoors and outdoors.

House Among Trees interior by Munoz Arquitectos

The second intention was to develop a design with a resounding volumetric simple geometry, using few materials: precast concrete walls and apparent to the beam and vault slabs but not so apparent but managed to finish, so what we perceive is the color white and exposed concrete. For floors inside the concrete was treated with legacy processes of our Mayan ancestors using the bark of “chucum” (a wild tree from our own land) to give consistency to water that is combined with cement concrete generating a peculiar color and more elasticity to avoid cracking.
Architects: Muñoz Arquitectos Associated S.C.P., Arq. Javier Muñoz Menéndez
House in: Mérida, Yucatán, México