The Hill in Front of the Glen, Mexico Residential Building Development, Mexican Architecture Photos
The Hill in Front of the Glen in Michoacán
19 Oct 2021
Architects: HW STUDIO
Location: El vaquerito, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

photo © Cesar Bejar
The Hill in Front of the Glen
The inspiration behind the Hill in Front of the Glen project is derived from carefully listening to the subtle murmurs and whispers of environments like this, as well as the client’s search for protection and shelter.

photo © Dane Alonso
How can one feel protected" What can be done when one feels vulnerable" This question was accompanied by an image, or perhaps a memory: a frightened child covering himself with a light bed sheet as he peeks out to make sure he can see what is going on around him.
photo © Cesar Bejar
Pulling a bed sheet over ourselves is a very elemental act that alludes to the most basic part of the self; a bed sheet hides, protects, wraps, and creates a space beneath it that is so safe and intimate as to keep away any spirit, ghost, or demon that may be surrounding the room.

photo © Cesar Bejar
At the same time, this project generates a continuity in the beautiful living surface around the land, forming a new hill in a place already surrounded by many.

photos © Dane Alonso
The architecture is like an accent on the words of a poem, like a comma or a question mark, but never the actual poem itself. The poem is already written by the pines, the oaks, ...