Neither outside nor inside, patio with house. Casa VO vs Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy
05/08/2023.
[Puerto Escondido - Oaxaca] Mexico
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Casa Vo was designed by architecture practice Ludwig Godefroy Architecture, led by Ludwig Godefroy, a Mexican architect, who was born in France. Located in La Punta, which is the southern section of Playa Zicatela in Puerto Escondido in the beautiful state of Oaxaca, and is one of the most attractive beaches for surf lovers in the world.
The project includes two couple of similar dwellings divided every couple by a party wall, both in plots on different streets. Called Casa Vo and Casa Wo, differ basically in the size of their inside pool and the number of bedrooms.
The project includes two couple of similar dwellings divided every couple by a party wall, both in plots on different streets. Called Casa Vo and Casa Wo, differ basically in the size of their inside pool and the number of bedrooms.
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Casa VO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Model. Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy.
Ground floor plan. Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy.
First floor plan. Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy.
Roof plan. Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy.
Section. Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy.
Crossed ventilation, diagram. Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy.
Casa WO by Ludwig Godefroy. Photograph by Rory Gardiner
Ludwig Godefroy designed both couples of dwellings with similar enveloped, paying attention to Puerto Escondido's warm weather and inverting the typical relationship between "houses with courtyard", removing everything unnecessary (finishes, doors, windows) and keeping only the essentials, allowing a fluid space, to achieve "a courtyard with a house".
In response to this climatic condition, the project blurs the border between in and out to become a singular habitable space, where everything remains open all day and all night long.
Casa VO and Casa WO have a special roof, an interesting geometrical play of two slabs inclined to shape a V linking at the bottom, with two very big circular openings. The guest crosses the space from the access under and over the openings, in parallel to the pool in Casa Vo and crossing a walkway over the pool in Casa Wo.
After the pool, in Casa Vo, inside a double high space with a living room, kitchen, one bedroom on the ground floor, and on the first floor a lofted main bedroom with a restroom beneath the highest point of the structure. Without references disappear windows and doors.
To bring light and cross ventilation to the most insider area, additional glazed skylights and openings were designed along the back walls and roof.
Outside, following the slope of the slab, notches of concrete as stepping stones atop the roof. And when rain the water is caught by planting beds, the pool, or a drainage system along the slanting roof. Party walls between the homes contain geometric circular and triangular openings.
Like other houses, such as Mérida house or Casa Zicatela, Godefory designed the houses using concrete for structure, wood, and bricks on the floors.
In response to this climatic condition, the project blurs the border between in and out to become a singular habitable space, where everything remains open all day and all night long.
Casa VO and Casa WO have a special roof, an interesting geometrical play of two slabs inclined to shape a V linking at the bottom, with two very big circular openings. The guest crosses the space from the access under and over the openings, in parallel to the pool in Casa Vo and crossing a walkway over the pool in Casa Wo.
After the pool, in Casa Vo, inside a double high space with a living room, kitchen, one bedroom on the ground floor, and on the first floor a lofted main bedroom with a restroom beneath the highest point of the structure. Without references disappear windows and doors.
To bring light and cross ventilation to the most insider area, additional glazed skylights and openings were designed along the back walls and roof.
Outside, following the slope of the slab, notches of concrete as stepping stones atop the roof. And when rain the water is caught by planting beds, the pool, or a drainage system along the slanting roof. Party walls between the homes contain geometric circular and triangular openings.
Like other houses, such as Mérida house or Casa Zicatela, Godefory designed the houses using concrete for structure, wood, and bricks on the floors.
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Dates
Design.- 2019.
Completion.- 2020.
Completion.- 2020.
Location
Playa Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Ludwig Godefroy Architecture
Ludwig Godefroy. He is a Mexican architect founded Ludwig Godefroy Architecture in 2011. He graduated from the Marne-la-Vallee School of Architecture in Paris, France, and then worked as an intern at Laeser, Rem Koolhaas/Oma, Miralles, Tatiana Bilbao, and other architectural firms. After setting up his studio, he began to undertake various projects, seeking similarity, correspondence, and synchronization between architecture and nature to achieve design harmony. He believes that harmony is intuition and makes "consistency" a personal symbol.
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