Existing trees left to grow up Guadalajara House by Alejandro Sticotti
Argentinian architect Alejandro Sticotti wrapped an outdoor lounge and dining area around two trees in this house in Mexican city Guadalajara.
Sticotti's Buenos Aires firm designed Guadalajara House to allow the existing trees to grow up through a void on the floor above.
A covered outdoor area on the ground floor wraps in an L-shape around the trees, to adjoin an open-plan kitchen and dining room and a studio-cum-living area.
Sticotti, who worked with local architect Javier Rosales Iriondo on the project, said they came up with the outdoor concept in response to the climate.
"We visited the lot several times and studied how the houses around it behaved to understand the territory and the weather, and we concluded that it is a warm climate most of the year and they use outdoor places a lot," he told Dezeen. "That is why the gallery was thought as a central element in the house."
The trees grow through a terrace with terracotta floors on the first floor, where the architect placed the bedrooms and bathrooms of the client's two teenage children.
This two-storey structure is just one of three volumes that makes up Guadalajara House. The other two are single-storey and include the living room that adjoins the kitchen and dining room, and the master bedroom suite.
"The house is made up of three volumes separated by patios, which are articulated with a central hall that connects them," the architect added. "The position of the house is sout...
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