Casa Ventura "floats on top of the hill" its built on says Tatiana Bilbao
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the latest instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim.
The video features Casa Ventura, a large family home that emerges from a forested hillside overlooking the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
The house is made up of a cluster of intersecting pentagonal volumes
Speaking to Dezeen in an exclusive video interview filmed at Bilbao's office in Mexico City, the architect explained how the house was designed to "flow horizontally" and be "really open, very fluid".
"What we did was kind of break the volumes of the house," Bilbao said. "Every volume is connected to the next one, with very few steps." Completed in 2011, the residence comprises a series of connecting pentagonal volumes that sit atop a steeply sloping hill with an uneven topography.
The house features full-height glazing and cantilevered structures
Each unit was arranged to follow the form of the irregular terrain, featuring cantilevered structures with full-height glazing and terraces that optimise the panoramic views towards the city.
"The house floats on top of the hill according to the natural topography that was there," said Bilbao.
Raw concrete was chosen due to the site's structural and climatic conditions
The building is made from raw concrete, which was selected due to the site's climatic conditions...
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