Casa Etérea | Prashant Ashoka
Casa Etérea
Casa Etérea: an eco-powered mirrored house on extinct volcano uses bird-friendly glass, designed by Mexico-based Singaporean writer and designer Prashant Ashoka.
Riding on a new wave of isolationist traveling in the COVID-19 era, a secluded mirrored house on a mountainside in Mexico offers travelers the freedom to reconnect with nature.
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico [01 September 2020] ? Sequestered amidst mesquite trees, an isolated writer?s retreat clad in bird-friendly mirrored panels disappears into the rugged slopes of the extinct volcano Palo Huérfano, 20 minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Photography by © Prashant Ashoka
SUSTAINABILITY AND INTEGRATION
Conceived as an off-grid hideaway for two ? by Mexico-based Singaporean writer and designer Prashant Ashoka ? Casa Etérea  is a 75-square-metre dwelling that draws all its power from solar energy; its water supply from collected rainwater; and uses a patterned ultraviolet coating on the mirror making it visible to birds while remaining reflective to the human eye. ?The vision was to create a theatre to nature?, Ashoka explains, ?so sustainability was crucial in achieving a truly complete integration with the environment?.
Working from an intention to leave the landscape untouched, the foundation of the house was built entirely from rock collected off the mountain. And by utilizing site orientation, efficient ventilation design, and insu...
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