Evelop Arquitectura drew inspiration from the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán for this wood-and-stone house in San Miguel de Allende, which is interspersed with lush garden courtyards.
San Miguel de Allende is Guanajuato state's largest city and was favoured by the iconic Mexican architect Luis Barragán.
According to local firm Evelop Arquitectura, Barragán admired its traditional buildings and sought to replicate some of its features in his own work.
The house sits within a lush garden
The studio, which is led by architect Eduardo Arturo González Hernández, sought to create a "garden with a house" based on Barragán's principles. The architect was known for combining the principles of modernism with traditional Mexican design and craft. For this recent project completed in 2021, Evelop Arquitectura lent more importance to the surrounding greenery than to the interior, built spaces.
Evelop Arquitectura built the house around courtyards
"A poetic environment is created between the elements, where the harmony of the natural construction elements is celebrated in direct relationship to the vegetation," said the studio.
Large wooden doors front the outer wall of the residence, drawing visitors in from the street. At this entrance to the property, there is the first courtyard that has a water feature with a small "island" containing a picnic table.
The majority of the home is laid out on the ground level
The entrance to the interior of the ho...