How to create a single-family home, comfortable, functional and out of the ordinary, in a lot with dimensions of 4 x 69 meters without dying in the attempt. This was our challenge when designing “kaleidos House”.
Project name
Kaleidos House
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Calle 78 número 484 B por 55 y 57 Colonia Centro. Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
David Cervera, Elías Collí Medina
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Design team
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado, Daniel Rivera Arjona, Jorge Escalante Chan, Adrián Morales
Structural engineer
Rafael Domínguez Barjau
Construction
Juan Diaz Cab, Carlos Canto Trujillo
Material
Walls and ceilings are made of polished gray concrete as well as the floor of the ground floor where the same polished finish is preserved, while in the upper floor the concrete is hammered creating a texture that gives warmth to the space.
Typology
Residential › House
The Three Dragons House is a creative architectural proposal that rescues and integrates the existent and the new, giving the house unity and harmony.
Project name
Three Dragons House (Casa Tres Dragones)
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado,Pedro Quintal Ruz, Carlos Marrufo Tamayo
Construction
Taller Estilo Arquitectura S de R.L de C.V.
Material
Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
It is a project to enjoy Yucatan, its sky, its wind and its vegetation. The footprint of the house is just one fifth of the land extension, always leaving free space and vegetation as the protagonist.
Project name
Akúun House (Casa Akúun)
Architecture firm
Arkham Project / GCW
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Yoshihiro Koitani
Principal architect
Benjamín Peniche Calafell, Jorge Duarte Torre, GCW
Design team
Alan May, Iván Valdez, Lorena Cervera
Construction
Cáceres Arquitectos y Asociados S.A de C.V
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The trees stay! This was the initial phrase in the interview with the owners of the property, a pair of preexisting galleries, the first one with a shed covered in soot, barely noticeable the color of the clay roof tiles, and the second one covered with metal sheets was almost unable to sustain.
Project name
Door To Mérida House
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Calle 78 número 484 B por 55 y 57 Colonia Centro. Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Tamara Uribe, Marina Guzmán
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado, Daniel Rivera Arjona, Jorge Escalante Chan, Adrián Morales
Structural engineer
Juan Diaz Cab
Construction
Carlos Canto Trujillo, Juan Diaz Cab, Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Material
Cement, Wood, Stone, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
We projected a family house in a terrain located in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Mexico, near the forest ''La Primavera''. In the main entrance we designed a sculpture we called ''Brazos abiertos'' (open arms), to receive the guests.
Project name
Casa Guadalajara 403
Architecture firm
Praxis Arquitectura
Location
Tlajomulco, Jalisco, Mexico
Photography
Aldo C. Gracia, Aveh Studio
Principal architect
Marcelino Rosas Garmendia
Interior design
Praxis Arquitectura
Civil engineer
Joel Hurtado
Structural engineer
Joel Hurtado
Landscape
Praxis Arquitectura
Tools used
AutoCad, SketchUp
Construction
Praxis Arquitectura
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The concept and name of the project El Nido stands for nest and comes from the Latin word nidus. The term refers to the shelter that birds build with branches, straws and other elements. Just as they make their nests, the goal of this house was to achieve a refuge to be inhabited and enjoyed without major complications, creating a project of great...
Project name
Casa El Nido
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado, Ana Karen Domínguez Peniche, Zahid Quintal Polanco
Structural engineer
Juan Diaz Cab
Construction
Juan Diaz Cab, Luis Esteban Alonso Carrillo
Material
The walls and ceilings are covered with grey burnished cement, leaving the ground floor with white burnished and polished cement, while a bamboo floor covering was used upstairs
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Mexican architecture studio GAS Architectures, Tulum House is located in Quintana Roo, Mexico. the program is developed in two levels, near of a private beach, blending the topography, the environment and the parametric design for created a housing design of a comfortable spaces with all the amenities and the luxury green nature.
Architecture firm
GAS Architectures
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Germán Sandoval
Design team
Germán Sandoval, Kesia Devallentier
Visualization
GAS Architectures
Typology
Residential › House
Villa Destiny Tulum has been designed by Kauslab By Adrian Gómez ART based on an entire artistic, architectural and conceptual proposal. It not only contemplates the design of the interior spaces of the house but also part of the same natural environment where it is located in the Sian Ka'an reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; a place where the...
Project name
Villa Destiny Tulum
Architecture firm
Kauslab By Adrian Gómez ART
Location
Reserva de la biosfera de Sian Ka’an, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photography
Enderson Perez, Adrian Gómez ART, Bombay Estudio (drone images)
Principal architect
Adrian Gomez, Enderson Pérez
Design team
Adrian Gómez, Enderson Pérez
Collaborators
Luis Martínez, Carolina Almaguer
Interior design
Kauslab by Adrian Gómez Art
Landscape
Kauslab By Adrian Gómez ART
Structural engineer
Difica
Environmental & MEP
Difica
Visualization
Enderson Pérez
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, V-ray, SketchUp
Client
Villa Destiny Tulum
Typology
Residential › House
