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Manantial House

Architecture

Urban Single-Family Home Design

Completed / Professional Category

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Architect / Designer:

Luis Armando Gómez Solórzano

Studio:

Apaloosa Estudio de arquitectura y diseño

Design Team:

Savia paisajismo

Copyright:

Jaime Navarro

Country:

Mexico

In an area of 10.00 x 20.00 meters and with a program of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, full kitchen, service patio and garage, all on one level. Endemic atmospheres were created that allow the recreation and rest of its users. From an exposed construction process and with a declared introspection from its surface. Natural light is the protagonist of the project.
The financial budget of the clients allowed us to create a simple, fast and above all, low-cost construction strategy, which in turn avoided future maintenance. The house is confined with hollow block walls and with an internal cover of Domotej, a patent from the Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas focused on self-construction. From its location, the house behaves like a cone of absorption and distribution of light and wind, from the center towards its habitable areas, achieving optimal thermal comfort. The house opens and closes from its patios and between internal areas, acting as a great room, in which all the spaces can be revealed just by opening gates and panels. One of the main challenges in the work was the planning and logistics of ductwork for installations, taking into account that, having the entire work process exposed, it was not possible to make grooves in walls and concrete slabs.

In an area of 10.00 x 20.00 meters and with a program of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, full kitchen, service patio and garage, all on one level. Endemic atmospheres were created that allow the recreation and rest of its users. From an exposed construction process and with a declared introspection from its surface. Natural light is the protagonist of the project.
The financial budget of the clients allowed us to create a simple, fast and above all, low-cost construction strategy, which in turn avoided future maintenance. The house is confined with hollow block walls and with an internal cover of Domotej, a patent from the Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas focused on self-construction. From its location, the house behaves like a cone of absorption and distribution of light and wind, from the center towards its habitable areas, achieving optimal thermal comfort. The house opens and closes from its patios and between internal areas, acting as a great room, in which all the spaces can be revealed just by opening gates and panels. One of the main challenges in the work was the planning and logistics of ductwork for installations, taking into account that, having the entire work process exposed, it was not possible to make grooves in walls and concrete slabs.

Apaloosa Estudio de arquitectura y diseño

Over time, quality buildings have been built in Chiapas, with
healthy development of construction currents and techniques;
however, there is a problem with a lack of visibility. Historically,
as a province far from the country’s large production centers,
its frontier location means that its processes are unknown and
undocumented; instead, ideas built on prejudices emerge. Added
to this, its architectural production has not been accompanied by
discourse or documentary support that does it justice.
This has begun to change with the advent of a new generation
of architects and new communication tools. Apaloosa, the office
founded by Luis Armando Gómez Solorzano, belongs to that generation.
Better than anyone else, he understood the opportunities
offered by innovative technologies, to overthrow preconceived
ideas such as the need to build monumental architecture or the
need to migrate to large metropolitan centers to achieve a certain
degree of visibility.