The project for Casa CH73 aimed to transform the area's regulations into an opportunity to create a unique residence from a sustainable perspective. An approach that broke the construction paradigms imposed in the area, with concrete platforms that drain rainwater into the municipal system.
Location
Bosques de las Lomas, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Photography
Frank Lynen, Jaime Navarro
Principal architect
Benjamín Romano
Design team
Adriana Pérez, Olga Romano
Collaborators
Installations: Garza Maldonado, Uribe Ingenieros. Bioclimatic: Ecostudio. Façades: HEG. Marble: ARCA. Carpentry: TDC
Structural engineer
Vamisa
Typology
Residential › House
Located in Mexico City’s historic downtown — where one of the oldest Spanish cathedrals in the Americas rests atop the ceremonial center of the Aztec world — the Círculo Mexicano is housed in a 19th-century townhome that’s been transformed into a Shaker-inspired boutique hotel by the hotel developer Grupo Habita and our architecture firm, Ambrosi...
Project name
Circulo Mexicano
Architecture firm
Ambrosi Etchegaray
Location
Guatemala 20, Centro Histórico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Principal architect
Jorge Ambrosi, Gabriela Etchegaray
Collaborators
Ivo Martins, Sarah Tanguy
Interior design
La Metropolitana
Landscape
Juan Acevedo / Roof Plants
Lighting
Luca Salas Bassani Antivari
Construction
Vigilante de la Construcción
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel