When you live in urban areas, gardens are few and far between, which means you need to get a little creative. If your home has the structural capability and you have the correct permissions, you can transform your rooftop or terrace into a peaceful retreat. However, before you dive in and start buying furniture, you need to assess the situation - c...
ROMA Rooftop comprises an outdoor space transformed into the rooftop of an existing residential building, which seeks to create a calm and habitable space for the upper terrace of an apartment in Mexico City's Roma neighborhood.
Project name
Roma Rooftop
Architecture firm
Marc Pascal ODA
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Camila Cossio, Maureen Evans
Principal architect
Marc Pascal Pontón
Collaborators
Carlos Resendíz (1st stage)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Landscape
Aldaba Jardines / Thalía Davidoff
Typology
Residential › Apartment, Rooftop
Saari Mois (the Sarskaya Grange) is the name of an ancient estate, gifted by Peter the Great to the future empress Catherine I in 1710, on which by the time of Catherine II had been built one of Europe’s most beautiful park residences of the Baroque period - Tsarskoe Selo.
Project name
Rooftop Villa Saari Mois
Architecture firm
The Svetozar Andreev Architecture Studio «Hotei-Russia»
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photography
Svetozar Andreev 2021
Principal architect
Svetozar Andreev
Design team
The Svetozar Andreev Architecture Studio «Hotei-Russia»
Interior design
Svetozar Andreev
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Corian by dupont, self-leveling floors, grey glass, steel structure, panoramic glazing
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Penthouse
