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Casa DTH in Zapopan
Modern Property Development in Jalisco, M̩xico Рdesign by Elias Rizo Arquitectos
28 Apr 2017
DTH
Design: Elias Rizo Arquitectos
Location: Zapopan, Jalisco, Méxic
Casa DTH

Casa DTF was built within the confines of a private residential community and raised privacy issues. In the case of Casa DTF the house program was resolved in three levels. The program distribution allows for a clear separation of private and public functions.

The basement houses all service areas and the garage; the ground floor, which rises half a story above the street level, includes all public areas such as kitchen, dining and living spaces as well as a studio. The second level includes four bedrooms.
The house can be understood essentially as a pair of distinct volumes that enclose the most important elements of the program and are joined at the center by a circulation block. The envelope of each of these volumes responds to orientation and privacy. The front volume, which faces the street to the South, is practically opaque.

A large window masked by a metal screen sits on top of a bare concrete wall. The back volume, on the other hand, displays a larger degree of transparency on both floors. The top portion is articulated as a floating concrete frame that cantilevers well past the glass wall underneath, to shade the living spaces and an outdoor terrace on a stone platform...