Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. A house surrounded by forest and the sound of wind
10/10/2018.
[Valle de Bravo] Mexico
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The architecture emerges from the ground, the floor of the excavations has been taken and reused as the main material to cover the walls.
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Exterior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Interior view. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Drawing. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Courtesy of Taller Héctor Barroso
Drawing. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Courtesy of Taller Héctor Barroso
Drawing. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Courtesy of Taller Héctor Barroso
Model. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Courtesy of Taller Héctor Barroso
Model. Entre pinos by Taller Héctor Barroso. Courtesy of Taller Héctor Barroso
Taller Hector Barroso has built five weekend houses surrounded by pine trees. Each house consists of six volumes, to the north, the volumes are solid and closed, to the south, open to the garden and the forest.
Description of project by Taller Hector Barroso
In a vast forest area in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Taller Héctor Barroso has built five weekend houses, which adapt to the site’s topography. They are surrounded by pine trees that echo the sound of the wind.
Each house -identical in its typology- consists of six volumes positioned in a way that they generate a void, a central patio. The patio grants views, silence and intimacy.
To the north the volumes are solid and closed. To the south, they open up to the garden and the forest, supplying the interior with daylight.
On the ground floor, living, dining, the kitchen and one of the bedrooms expand to the exteriors to join terraces, patios and the garden. On the top floor, three bedrooms frame the views to the magnificent pines.
The materials, such as brick, wood and soil are all regional. The soil from the excavations has been taken and reused as the main material to cover the walls. Thereby, the architecture literally emerges from the ground.
Taller Héctor Barroso’s Entre Pinos has received a 2018 AZ Award in the category Best in Architecture—Residential Single Family Residential Interiors.
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Architects
Project leader
Thalía Bolio.
Collaborators
Ar. Vianney Watine and Ar. Diego Rentería.
Engineers
Ar. Ricardo Camacho and Ar. Tomás Rodríguez.
Venue
Valle de bravo, Mexico.
Dates
Completion date.- 2017.
Area
Total built area.- 1,700 m².
Photography
Héctor Barroso. Taller Héctor Barroso
Hector Barroso Riba (1982) studied at the Universidad Anáhuac México North Campus (Huixquilucandirige, México). In 2018, he received the silver medal from the College of Architects of Mexico City and the Society of Mexican Architects (CAM-SAM); In May he won the gold medal of the Second Biennial of Young Architects organized by the Federation of Architects' Associations of the Mexican Republic.
Since 2010 he leads the firm, Taller Héctor Barroso, seeking to generate architectural proposals that manage to merge with their environment, taking advantage of the natural resources of each place: the influence of light and shadows, the surrounding vegetation, the composition of the land and the geographic. Thanks to this, the projects merge in harmony with the environment that surrounds them, creating spaces that emphasize the habitable quality of the architecture.
Since 2010 he leads the firm, Taller Héctor Barroso, seeking to generate architectural proposals that manage to merge with their environment, taking advantage of the natural resources of each place: the influence of light and shadows, the surrounding vegetation, the composition of the land and the geographic. Thanks to this, the projects merge in harmony with the environment that surrounds them, creating spaces that emphasize the habitable quality of the architecture.
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