Article source: ATELIER ARSº

Building a house for a urban geographer and a great connoisseur of architecture and city meant for us the possibility to experiment with a certain way of understanding the architectural project. The plot is in a place called La Floresta – The Forest – a XX mid-century urbanization as a garden city aside Chapala Lake in west Mexico, which since a long time has been known as a retirement place for foreigners due to its great weather.

Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque

• Architects: ATELIER ARSº (Alejandro Guerrero Gutiérrez., Andrea Soto Morfín.)
• Project: Study-House in Mar Chapálico
• Location: Paseo de los Veleros #41 Fraccionamiento La Floresta. Ajijic Jalisco Mexico.
• Photography: Onnis Luque
• Project: 2007-2008
• Construction: 2008-2013.
• Client: Felipe Cabrales Barajas PhD.
• Built area: Covered space: 234.53 sqm. Plot: 546.00 sqm.
• Type of assignment: Direct

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