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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. C260 House in Estado de Mexico, Mexico by HDA Arquitectura BioclimáticaSeptember 10th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: HDA Arquitectura Bioclimática The project is about a rehabilitation of a house built in the 50´s. The client asked to reclaim the structure of this cold, humid, dark house and open to the garden. The Project reclaimed the original structure by revealing what was underneath layers of materials after years of alterations. What allowed to release the essence of the structure: 21 cm / 8.26” thick brick walls and concrete slabs.  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa
 Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa To developed the intervention project, three 3 strategies where applied. The first one was to make the house adapt to site by understanding its bioclimatic conditions: it was opened to breezes, slab slopes where modified to catch storm water, and openings in the slabs where made to catch the sun´s heat and light so thermal mass could work. The second one, in order to make a dialogue between materials of the existing versus the new, three materials where used: mixing brick powder from the demolished walls with resins and mortar unified brick in its original 21 cm / 8.26” masonry. A new material, COR-TEN steel, was used for additions, canopies and a wall, which accompanies the visitor from the entrance to the main hall. Carpentry and wooden features where reclaimed from demolition, also timber beams where reclaimed from a demolished restaurant nearby and used for shading the terrace and other additions. And the third one, the old house was adapted to receive the new brief, which includes: a GYM, 3 bathrooms, dressing room, a pool, and service areas. Pipelines and services where modified with new technology featuring solar panels for water heating, variable velocity devices for pumping water, radiant floors for heating and solar PV panels.  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa The result of these strategies is a group of brick volumes resting in the garden as rocks, receiving the silhouettes of the trees. The spaces between these volumes are transparent, allowing different views of the garden, which gives sensations of serenity within the chaos of Mexico City.  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa  Image Courtesy © Luis Gordoa
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