Mexican architecture studio RED Arquitectos has completed a cement-covered residence with screens made of stones used for preparing food on the coastline of Cerritos, Mexico.
The 130-square metre Casa que Da was completed on a 2,000-square-metre property in Baja California Sur in May 2023.
RED Arquitectos has completed a cement-covered residence in Mexico
The town ? located between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas in the foothills of the Sierra Laguna ? was built to accommodate the growing tourism business, but is characterised by the red brick and smoke chimneys traditionally seen in structures in the area, which has relied heavily on mining in the past.
"Casa que Da is conceived as a pre-Hispanic codex, which expresses through its spatiality and iconography, the knowledge of the earth and its materiality," RED Arquitectos principal Susana López González told Dezeen. It was designed with references to pre-colonial architecture styles
Designed for a couple from Austin, Texas ? a surf-loving chef and his mountain climbing wife ? the house has a constant relationship with both the sea and the mountains and the "geometric continuity of the work unfolds on its facades," allowing the residents to interact with the landscape from every angle.
The house is arranged in a C-shaped plan, opening toward an outdoor dining patio on the western side shaded by large wooden beams.
The residence is oriented around the sea and the mountains
The program progresses from the sout...