The building takes place in a neighborhood with popular social features and with middle incomes, thanks to that the project develops formally discrete and in harmony with the context. It is located on the Playa Copacabana st, in the Iztacalco municipality.

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Architects: dmp arquitectura

Location: Playa Copacabana 40, Militar Marte, 08810 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico

Area: 290.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Carlos Díaz San Pedro

Collaborators: Ignacio Santos, Manuel Bernal, Hein Yap, Mauricio Morales

Structural Engineering: José Luis Ponce

Construction: dmp arquitectura

© Carlos Díaz San Pedro
The building takes place in a neighborhood with popular social features and with middle incomes, thanks to that the project develops formally discrete and in harmony with the context. It is located on the Playa Copacabana st, in the Iztacalco municipality.

Diagram

The spatial arrangement is a consequence of the recycling of an existent two-story house, which was reconfigured by the reuse of the structure.

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After the access we find a pure, homogenous symmetry, both in material and proportions, then stands up a latticework based on prefabricated elements all in white with some ecru highlights, ...