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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. AL Apartment in Mexico City by MAPmx StudioMarch 14th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MAPmx Studio MAPmx Studio inserts wooden object into residential apartment. Mexico City practice, MAPmx has completed a residential interior in the northwest area of Mexico City. The strategy for the design of the 360 sqm apartment was to place a wooden piece into the main space. This element inside of the unit, divides the space into half creating separated areas for public and private program. Living, dining and study are concave, while leaving private areas convex. Service spaces such as kitchen, laundry and service bedroom are the only program located outside of the concave/ convex object, they join part of the perimeter of the apartment.  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo
 Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo The course of the wall changes from one side to other, providing in its interior a variety of nooks and recesses for bathrooms and storage spaces. This arrangement allows service areas to be embedded into the wall, leaving spaces uncluttered. The inside of the wooden element hosts three bedrooms, walking closets and bathrooms; all lying under a convex poché. Throughout the insertion of an unrelated object into the space, multiple interiors are generated; as the object acts as the new outside, inside of the apartment.  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo Rhythm and continuity are given by the object in the interior space, producing different guidelines inside of the apartment. The two corners of the object are carefully crafted and wrapped around curves to give a sense of fluidity and continuity; it begins as a wall with a piece of ceiling and as it extends towards the family room, the ceiling folds and wraps becoming part of the furniture and generating a cozier area surrounded by wood.  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo A steel mesh works as a sculptural shelving wall, drawing a corridor along the living room, providing privacy to the bedroom’s entries. This construction process explored a hybrid system using digital tools and local craftsmanship. It yields new forms of translation between digital processes based design and local constrains.  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo  Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo  Image Courtesy © MAPmx Studio  Image Courtesy © MAPmx Studio  Image Courtesy © MAPmx Studio
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