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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. El Presidio Casa Bon in Sinaloa, Mexico by German Velasco ArquitectosFebruary 23rd, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: German Velasco Arquitectos What we enjoyed the most when doing a project in which we are able to intervene an old building, is the great opportunity to transform it for a new useful life. The project for the restaurant El Presidio Casa Bon gave us for raw material a nineteenth century mansion in Culiacan, Sinaloa, in the northern part of Mexico.  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos
 Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos The property was abandoned and was showing the existing building materials, so we decided to use this condition and turn it into the axis of our project. One of the elements that caught our attention was the original floors of the building, with chess style in black and white. Combining these two elements we decided to leave the walls and ceilings apparent, restoring only the parts where needed and even left the plants in their natural form that had already taken over some areas. Inspired by the original floor, we made a new proposal to refer to its past with a different geometric pattern that gives a new image and dynamism, covering all interior spaces and going up some walls.  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos This project has one restaurant area inside and other outside in the courtyard surrounded by arches. To make the most of this area all the time, it was decided to install a retractable glass roof that provides natural light during the day and isolate the space according to weather conditions. The bar and the cellar are also two very important areas that have presence throughout the whole place as the bar counter goes over the place appearing through doors or hiding behind the walls.  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © German Velasco Arquitectos
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