Casa Martha | Arquitectura Nativa

La Misión / Mexico / 2021

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Casa Martha is the home of an archaeologist, so it is designed with rudimental and artisanal techniques, conceived with the aim of unifying time, form and context through its composition and materiality of ancestral origin.


Located between the municipalities of Ensenada and Rosarito, in the urban area of ​​La Misión, where the landscape is densified with architectural typologies for tourism. The lot has dimensions of 15 x 40 meters, on a terrain of rugged topography.


The architectural program contemplated the retirement home for a couple, Martha and Bill, as well as a space for the plastic arts. A simple development was proposed, blend in with the site and with minimal intervention. A dialogue between three volumes embedded in the site and oriented towards the Pacific Ocean from a clear axis.


The first level is divided into two areas, the visitor area made up of two rooms and the study area that can function as a painting and carpentry workshop or as a garage. On the second level, the core of the house is found: the entertainment room, dining room and kitchen make up the access threshold with large windows and porches woven with salt pine. This lattice generates, in turn, a protection from the prevailing winds, as well as a component of privacy towards the interior, generating a play of light and shadows. At the back of the social area there is a staircase that leads to the third level where the main chamber is located, which has a view of the context's landscape, in this space the interior is blurred with the exterior.


Casa Martha arises and is modeled with deep sensitivity and respect for its surroundings. The main construction element is compacted earth, in this way the site and its topography are consolidated as the raw materials of the project.


 


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Casa Martha es el hogar de una arqueóloga, por lo que se diseño con técnicas rudimentales y artesanales, concebida con la finalidad de unificar el tiempo, forma y contexto mediante su composición y materialidad de origen ancestral.


Ubicada entre el municipio de Ensenada y de Rosarito, en la zona de La Misión, donde el paisaje urbano se densifica con tipologías arquitectónicas destinadas al turismo. El lote cuenta con dimensiones de 15 x 40 metros, en un terreno de topografía accidentada.


El programa arquitectónico contemplaba la casa de retiro para una pareja, Martha y Bill, así como un espacio para las artes plásticas. Se planteó un desarrollo simple, que se mimetizará con el sitio y con una intervención mínima. Un diálogo entre tres volúmenes incrustados en el sitio y orientados hacia el océano pacífico a partir de un eje claro.


El primer nivel se divide en dos áreas, la zona para visitas conformada por dos habitaciones y el área de estudio que puede funcionar como un taller de pintura y de carpintería o bien como garaje. En el segundo nivel, se encuentra el núcleo de la casa: la sala de entretenimiento, comedor y cocina conforman el umbral de acceso con amplios ventanales y pórticos tejidos con pino salado. Esta celosía genera, a su vez, una protección de los vientos dominantes, así como un componente de privacidad hacia el interior generando un juego de luz y sombras. Al fondo del área social se desarrolla una escalinata que conduce al tercer nivel donde se encuentra la recamara principal que cuenta con vista al paisaje del contexto, en este espacio se difumina el interior con el exterior.


Casa Martha surge y se modela con profunda sensibilidad y respeto de su entorno. El principal elemento constructivo es la tierra compactada, de esta forma el sitio y su topografía se consolidan como las materias primas del proyecto.


 


Lead Architects: arq. Alfredo Navarro tiznado, arq. Pedro Luis curiel bojorquez


Design team: Kenia Esmeralda García Rosas, Hanna Appel Hernández., Giancarlo Reyes Olguin


Construction: Pedro Luis Curiel Bojórquez, José Francisco Ramírez García, Alfredo Navarro Tiznado


Photography Credits: Oscar Hernandez

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    Casa Martha is the home of an archaeologist, so it is designed with rudimental and artisanal techniques, conceived with the aim of unifying time, form and context through its composition and materiality of ancestral origin. Located between the municipalities of Ensenada and Rosarito, in the urban area of ​​La Misión, where the landscape is densified with architectural typologies for tourism. The lot has dimensions of 15 x 40 meters, on a terrain of rugged topography. The architectural...

    Project details
    • Year 2021
    • Work finished in 2021
    • Client MARTHA AND BILL SMITH
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Single-family residence / Interior Design
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