Eucaliptos House designed by GLR architecs, Mexico

The projects starts from a series of physical conditions that make of the site a place of great aesthetic potential due to the huge trees and the little creek that can be found in the back of it.
On the other hand, the future expansion of the street which it is located demanded a considerable setback, which forced the scheme to be a compact one, so that we could keep some useful area for a garden near the living room.
Looking for some design principle that could be carried out troughout the project, we decided to emulate the basic geometry of the site, which suggested us to propose three walls of large dimensions. Through the subtle rotation of one such walls, we found the opportunity to create an irregular, double height space, which begins as a porch on it’s widest end, to then become a hall and gradually narrow until becoming a simple circulation zone.
The different finishes given to the surfaces, searches for a subtle contrast between the plain white stucco of the volumes and prefabricated panels made of travertine marble covering the large walls that articulate the whole project. This was done with the purpose of reinforcing the architectural expression of such walls, with a touch of color from natural materials that will not put the performance of the project at risk for the years to come.









Source : glrarquitectos