Swimming pool flows between courtyard walls of Mexico's Casa Xólotl
Masonry walls partition a patio and create various swimming areas at this renovated Mexican residence by Punto Arquitectónico.
Casa Xólotl is a single-storey home in Mérida, which was overhauled by local firm Punto Arquitectónico after finding the home in disrepair.
The studio renovated the house by dramatically transforming it into two separate volumes with a courtyard, forming a 1,776-square-foot (165-square-metre) plan.
A detached master suite, with a bedroom and bathroom, is located to the rear of the property and is linked to the main living space by a walled-in patio.
Original stone walls and a refurbished cistern feature in the courtyard, along with a swimming pool that fits into the gaps formed by the structural elements.
"As a result, the placement of the master bedroom, and the preexisting house and a traditional cistern, the pool becomes the main element of the patio," said the studio.
The facade of the cistern includes a waterfall feature where a door once stood, and steps lead down from an outdoor lounge into the shallow pools.
"The enveloping materials of the house combine new textures with the original textures, generating contrast with the marks product of the passage of time," said the studio.
"The interior-exterior boundary between the hammock social area and the terrace is accentuated by exposing the stone material that composes the dividing wall."
The studio kept the original construction of the street-facing re...
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