Architecture firm PPAA has created a pair of slender houses in Mexico City that have rear patios accessed by glass doors to flood natural light inside.
The local practice designed the Pachuca project for a plot in the Mexican capital measuring eight metres wide and 16 metres long.

The site was originally intended for an apartment block but PPAA decided to split it into two matching homes.
One of the main challenges was to ensure that each of the slender homes received plenty of natural light and ventilation.

In response, the team designed the levels to gradually reduce in size towards the top of the property in order for natural light to enter. The garage is located on the street level, the living areas on the first floor, and bedrooms on the top two. Glazing with black gridded frames fronts the first and second floor of each house facing the street, matching a glass door that opens onto a patio at the rear of the first floor.

"Taking advantage of the east-west orientation of the plot, we opted for a series of stackable spaces, that will get light and ventilation from the street at the front, and from a private and contained patio on the back," said PPAA.

"This resulted in two houses with independence and privacy in all their spaces," it added.
The glass door to the patio opens so it sits flush with the concrete wall between the two home's patios. The idea is that when it is open it creates a continuation between the living and dining room and the ou...