“Casa Meztitla is an intervention of a natural scenario. It showcases the luxurious value of leisure, the tropical weather, the intense sunlight, the smells of nature, the over 500 year-old landscaped terraces and the ever-present rock mountain: El Tepozteco. It is context in itself. The house, built out of rough stone, crawls low under the trees, aligned with the vegetated-covered stone slopes. It is the creation of pure space within the natural space (Paz, O., 1987). It has an introverted living yet is continually open to its surroundings. Only two elements reveal its existence to the outside world: the colorful bougainvillea flowers showing randomly through the trees’ dense foliage, which mark the plot’s perimeter; and the massive and monolithic white box that emerges through the treetops.”
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Architects: EDAA

Location: Tepoztlán, Mor., Mexico

Architect In Charge: Luis Arturo García

Design Team: Juan Hernández, Jahir Villanueva, Antonio Rivas, Ana Fernanda Rodríguez, Diego Ruiz Velazco

Area: 400.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Yoshihiro Koitani

Construction Team: Hans �lvarez, Yolibel Allende

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“Casa Meztitla is an intervention of a natural scenario. It showcases the luxurious value of leisu...