This contemporary single family house located in Merida, Mexico, has been completed in 2019 by Taller Estilo Arquitectura.

Description
“How to create a single-family home, comfortable, functional and out of the ordinary, in a lot with dimensions of 4 x 69 meters without dying in the attempt”
This was our challenge when designing ?kaleidos House?
The ratio of 1 to 17 between the length and width of the lot was not an impediment to create a unique, innovative and spatially large house that makes the materials that make up its best allies to create a contemporary proposal resulting in a functional 3 bedroom 280 sqm house.
Our proposal
To take advantage of the lot?s dimensions and create a sensory experience throughout the length of the project. Discovering each space through a winding path that takes us by hand and instead of taking the shortest way to join two points, let us discover the house little by little, all this accompanied by different materials, scale, lighting and interior ? exterior transitions. In the lot there was a structure dating back to the 70s that was in good condition and we decided to incorporate it into the design. Given that the materiality of the project was a determining factor for the final image, we decided to clearly define the two periods through their materials.
The old part retains its traditional character with two clearly limited spaces, whose walls and ceilings are finished in stucco with paint and the floor...