Casa Mavra – Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Title
Casa Mavra – Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Designed by
TAC Taller Alberto Calleja
Image Credit
© Onnis Luque
Project Description
Project Description provided by TAC- The proposal is developed on two angular volumes, which open toward the landscape, executed in black concrete. They rest and unfold forcefully upon the earth, seeking to establish a new order in the place on which we are situated.
As a fundamental premise, we decided to break through by means of a continuous wall that rises from lower to higher, accompanied by the sound of water, which descends along the stairways, defining the access from the street and initiating the journey toward the heart of the house, which orders and vestibules the spaces and the uses, and ultimately transforms into the roofs of the house in its different directions, generating the imposing character of MAVRA (Black in Greek).
The horizontal volume on the west side contains the social and common areas, articulated through connections at all its corners between patios overflowing with vegetation that are incorporated into the interior spaces, which interact throughout their entire horizontal extension with the landscape that contains them; on its east side, the private bedrooms of the family are developed, where their layout is organized through nodes of interconnection and long corridors for circulation and contemplation, interrupted by vertical and horizontal entries of sun and rain in its roofs and walls, generating diverse sensations and atmospheres throughout the day and night.
