高64Arquitectos’ Casa-7 is screened-off but open to dialogue

高64is an architectural studio that has been in operation in the Mexican province of Veracruz since it was founded in 2017 by Luis Omar Medina and Juan Francisco Rodríguez García. Their design philosophy may be summed up in their expression: “We seek a form of architecture that has a precise identity and can relate to its surroundings”.
This approach to design is clearly visible inCasa-7, a home in a residential neighbourhood inAlvarado，一个人口超过五万的小镇，距离韦拉克鲁斯（Veracruz），位于利隆（Limón），帕帕拉曼（Papaloapan）和布兰科河（Blanco Rivers）的三角洲的阿尔瓦拉多泻湖（Alvarado Lagoon）。该镇被红树林包围，以其美丽的海滩而闻名，靠近Casa-7所在。
The project is inspired by the clients’ request: special respect for their urban surroundings and a great focus on privacy, both in dialogue with the world outside and within the architectural volume. In this regard, the architects say: “Closed doesn’t mean blind.这个座右铭在房屋的设计中很重要，我们对要创建的空间和区域有一个非常清晰的想法，从寻找身份开始.”
The living area shares the ground floor with a big hall in which a solid wooden wall not only adds warmth and consistency to the interiors but contains a bathroom and a wine cellar. The material qualities of the project all revolve around use of wood, a material which is by definition warm and welcoming.
The living room, dining room, kitchen and terrace are all on the same level, a decision that creates a sensation of spaciousness and establishes direct dialogue with thegreenery of the garden. In this part of the home, the perception of being in a big plaza is further underlined by direct access to a terrace with a swimming pool and by wooden beams, which begin inside the home and extend outside in a relational and spatial continuum.
The upper level contains the bedrooms, accessed via a staircase from the double-height living room. The architects dedicated special attention to the bedrooms, located behind the main façade, and their orientation was an essential component of the decision-making process, all with the precise goal of ensuring the required privacy while permitting dialogue with the world outside. The architects of Taller64 opted for a flexible element, a folding vertical grid that creates beautiful effects of light and shadow and, above all, helps to control the morning sunlight. When the sun sets in the evening, the grids may be opened so the home’s inhabitants can enjoy the view over the luxuriant vegetation typical of Alvarado.
Casa-7 is a particularly pleasant place to stay, featuring warm, elegant interiors in which social life is reconciled with tranquillity. All with a clear tropical identity, in harmony with the home’s prestigious natural surroundings.

Christiane Bürklein

Project:高64Arquitectos
Location: Alvadaro, Veracruz, Mexico
年：2021年
图片：路易斯·戈多亚（Luis Gordoa）