This two-bedroom house was designed for a young couple with one son.  Located in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico is the ES1 House by Seijo Peon Arquitectos. The site on which it is located and its context are heavily forested with the local sub-tropical vegetation. The less densely vegetated area was located to deploy the house.  The residence’s design seeks to enhance the connection between the built structure and the landscape.  According to the architects: “Merge of architectural influences from different periods, the design of this house seeks to bond tightly with the lush vegetation of the landscape through a unifying point of view, sober and efficient. This house’s design is influenced by several architectural currents from different periods that at first sight would seem irreconcilable. The logic behind extending the interior space smoothly toward the exterior with elongated horizontal elements is a clear influence of Mies Van der Rohe. The distinctive dominance of solid wall over bays, producing surprising scenarios, in conjunction with the use of color is influenced by the architecture of Luis Barragan… etc. The house is configured with a single rectangular roof that protects from the weather and a minimum set of walls and service blocks that partially contain and configure the spatial sequence. This is a simple house with a strong vocation to interact with the outside in which spaces are designed with a strong sense of place taking advantage of the tropical setting, landscape and climate.”

 

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