Project: House in Avandaro
Architects: Tall Hector Barroso
location: Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Area: 10,064 SF
general: 2019
photos by: Cesar Bigger
House in Avandaro by Taller Hector Barroso
Taller Héctor Barroso has completed the home in Avandaro – a stunning 10,000-square-foot residence composed of four scattered volumes in Mexico’s Valle de Bravo.
Four volumes are spread over a flat site surrounded by the Valle de Bravo natural forest. Each volume has a different orientation – according to its program – and is articulated with the rest through a central void, a water basin that reflects the surrounding pine trees.
The succession of columns gives rhythm to the house leading to arcades that generate transitions between different scales and atmospheres. In these transitional spaces, one can walk, admire the context, and notice the materials from which the house is built. In these intersections between the volumes, a different rhythm, composed of narrow wooden lattices, imparts privacy and a sense of intimacy.
The balance of materials – adobe, oak and soil – and vernacular construction processes tie this country house into harmony with its context through architecture that dialogues with and understands its environment.
– Taller Hector Barroso
