AV Residence | Gantous Arquitectos

Multiple Levels, Intersecting Dimensions Mexico City / Mexico / 2009

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Perched on an extreme elevation above the city, a low-key street façade only hints at interior splendors and “disappears” via a footbridge that takes residents over a roof garden to the entrance foyer. Specially designed to leverage topography, the residence unfolds as a series of intersecting volumes and beguiling dimensions that reveal scale as part of progressive architectural experience, from street to garden, where all four levels are seen as a totality. Glowing sandstone and warm-toned, finished concrete unite the construction alongside milled marble floors. Welcoming terraces surprise throughout the house. While six-meter picture windows afford unparalleled views, garden-level bedroom suites maintain a bright, leafy privacy.


Niveles múltiples, dimensiones cruzadas
Encaramada en una elevación extrema sobre la ciudad, una discreta fachada sólo insinúa esplendores interiores y “desaparece” por medio de un puente peatonal que conduce a los residentes entre jardines al vestíbulo de entrada. Diseñada especialmente para aprovechar la topografía, la residencia se desarrolla como una serie de volúmenes que se intersecan y dimensiones seductoras que revelan la escala como parte de una experiencia arquitectónica progresiva, desde la calle hasta el jardín, donde los cuatro niveles se ven como un todo. Concreto aparente de tonos cálidos y piedra arenisca componen la construcción junto con los pisos de mármol matizados. Terrazas acogedoras sorprenden por toda la casa. Mientras que los ventanales de seis metros ofrecen vistas incomparables, las habitaciones a nivel del jardín mantienen una iluminada y frondosa privacidad.

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    Perched on an extreme elevation above the city, a low-key street façade only hints at interior splendors and “disappears” via a footbridge that takes residents over a roof garden to the entrance foyer. Specially designed to leverage topography, the residence unfolds as a series of intersecting volumes and beguiling dimensions that reveal scale as part of progressive architectural experience, from street to garden, where all four levels are seen as a totality. Glowing...

    Project details
    • Year 2009
    • Work finished in 2009
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Single-family residence
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