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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Casa de Invierno in Jilotepec, Mexico by Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

 
August 13th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

A conservatory for plants and people; a lookout onto the garden and the night sky, sheltered from the elements. This extension to a rural retreat offers space for a growing family with a living room and special space for growing and enjoying plants from other climates. The light and transparent building is organized into five glass-panelled rooms, finish off with utility areas in two Stone volumes.

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

  • Architects: Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos
  • Project: Casa de Invierno
  • Location: Jilotepec, Estado de Mexico
  • Photography: Onnis Luque
  • Software used: SketchUp

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Nestled in the middle of a lovingly landscape garden with mature trees -notably five sequoias, the largest tree species in the world- a steel, glass and Stone structure was built using a tennis court as its foundation. The court, after having been abandoned for years, was naturally turning into an empty space hidden by the surrounding vegetation until it became somewhere for viewing the garden from within. The Project opens up the garden to this possibility for introspection. A glass cabinet that becomes an observatory for star gazing at night. The Project is partly inspired by English glasshouses in gardens and Charles Darwin´s greenhouse where he conducted his experiments, and partly by the saw-tooth roofs in functional buildings.

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

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Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

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Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

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Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Alvarez Arquitectos

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