House on a slope
2002|2003Program: Single Family House
Location: Desierto de Los Leones, México
Status: Built
Architectural Project: Dellekamp Arquitectos
Project Leader: Derek Dellekamp
Team: Honoré Carmona, Fernando Valencia, Horacio Merediz,
Omar Chavez Godoy, Aisha Ballesteros
Photography: Lara Becerra
This 130 sq. meter house is located on a rural area near Mexico City. Built with a budget of USD $60,000, the house uses standard materials and solutions, as well as a simple structure. The remaining three facades are solid to protect the interior from strong winds and assure privacy from the street. The slope is reflected on the glassed facade in the underground area, continuing the vertical circulation that follows the inclination of the site. To emphasize the diagonal tensions of the topography and the house, the rectangles making up the facades turn into triangles simply by painting them in two colors.
