"Using trapezoidal shapes and with a careful control of perspective, vanishing points are emphasized, achieving a dynamic and fluid space that awakens imagination while stimulating creativity. Being an art workshop and due to the south orientation of the site, the main challenge was to avoid the entry of direct sunlight into the space, without cancelling the view towards the garden.
To achieve this, the upper-level volume thrusts itself southward to project its shadow over the large (ground-floor) window that connects the studio with the exterior.The sloped roof slabs block away the sun rays from the working area, allowing the subtle entrance of uniform light over the double-height ceilings which communicate both levels, amplifying the scale.
The mezzanine gently rests over a wall at the back of the studio and launches itself towards the exterior dissolving the outline marked by the floor, to end suspended over the garden integrating it to the space. At the same time, the ground-floor glazed door, opens from side to side to completely vanish the border between interior and exterior.
A small gesture at the top of the façade produces a size changing triangular shadow throughout the day, providing movement to the volume."
(Txt: by FRENTREarquitectura)
PROJECT CREDITS.-
Architects: Juan Pablo Maza, FRENTEarquitectura.
Collaborators: Daniel Nava and Estefanía Hoth. Photography: Paul Czitrom and Onnis Luque.
Building System (Traditional low cost building system). Structure: Reinforced concrete slab Foundation. Load-bearing red brick walls confined with reinforced concrete elements. Concrete slabs in mezzanine floor and roof.
Finishes. Floors: Epoxy coating (2-3mm Paint). Ceiling: Gypsum plaster, finished with paint. Interior walls: Gypsum plaster, finished with paint. Exterior walls: Cement based plaster, finished with paint.
Typology: Studio (art workshop)
Location: Colonia Del Valle Mexico City
Gross build Area: 48sqm. Footprint (plot size): 27sqm
Dates: Project: 2010. Constrution: 2011.
Photography courtesy by v2com. Photography © Onnis Luque.
