Casa Quijote | Estudio Mero

Casa Quijote is a remodeling and reinterpretation of one of the houses designed by the engineer Boris Albin during the 20th century in Tecamachalco. The project comes about as the result of a continual dialogue with the inhabitants of the house, and the analysis of Albin's approach to space. Thanks to Estudio Mero's proximity to the family that lives in the residence, common points with the original project were identified, such as spatial simplicity, functionality, and spaciousness. Casa Quijote expresses its simplicity through the different applications and uses of wood in the floor, wall and ceiling, which parallel with the striated concrete of the façade. Thus, wood becomes a common language, and a crucial element to achieve flexibility through the sliding walls that either enlarge, or reduce the rooms (the project varies according to the family’s dynamics). Casa Quijote has two floors. Upstairs you can find three bedrooms, a living room, and a study. Downstairs you will find two living rooms, a dining area, a front terrace, and a back terrace that is crossed by the kitchen, the dining room, the sanitary room, and the cleaning rooms, which bear the vitality of the whole house.