This industrialized, independent home is located in Monterrey, northern Mexico. It emphasizes practicality, simplicity, and flexibility as its core design principles.
The spatial layout is defined by the structure itself. Concrete beams create a grid pattern that follows the building’s straight lines extending to the site boundaries. The use of concrete gives the house a temporary identity, evoking a sense of incompletion, while also establishing permanent pathways within the building’s development process.
The raw nature of concrete imparts a rugged texture and tangible weight, making the house feel perpetually under construction. Simultaneously, it suggests that the structure can revert to a stone-like state at any moment.
The architect envisioned the building with a sense of ruin even before it inevitably becomes one, giving the project an experimental essence. From the outset, the design embraces continuous reinterpretation and recombination, exploring the possibility of returning to its origins.
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Project Drawings:
▲ Underground Floor Plan
▲ First Floor Plan
▲ Second Floor Plan
▲ Roof Plan
▲ Section 1
▲ Section 2
Project Information:
Project Type: Independent Residential Building
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Architectural Design: Covachita Taller de Arquitectura
Area: 547.0 m²
Year: 2018
Photographer: Onnis Luque
Lead Architect: Roberto Núñez
Design Team: Felipe Escobar, Fernando Aguilar, Laura Gómez, Felipe Pérez
Construction Company: Dimas del Norte SA de CV
Structural Engineer: Alberto Allende
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