Casa O is a residential project located in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, designed with the objective of using the total permitted area of construction. Formally and functionally is composed of two modules differentiated by its material properties.

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Architects: ARO ESTUDIO

Locationn: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Arquitectos A Cargo: Alexis Rodríguez, Michel Rosado, Oliver Ortega

Area: 183.74 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Lorena Darquea

© Lorena Darquea

Casa O is a residential project located in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, designed with the objective of using the total permitted area of construction. Formally and functionally is composed of two modules differentiated by its material properties.
© Lorena Darquea

The dark ground floor module houses the public areas of the house, giving access to it through a wooden hallway, which unifies the pedestrian and parking entrance and whose height receives the visitor in an intimate environment. Once this first contact with the dwelling is approached, the main door opens to a double height space, illuminated by a window to the east and in which the entrance hall focuses the visual perspective towards the olive tree in the backyard.

© Lorena Darquea

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