Parque Humano
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
SITE
Situated in Bosques de las Lomas, a residential suburb located on the west side of Mexico City. The site faces a protected natural landscape rich in jacaranda trees to the south.
PROGRAM
A residential unit for a Mexican Business man (CEO of Mexico´s biggest telecommunication company) and his family (wife and 4 children) .They own a large collection of Oaxaca Masters paintings, modern sculpture and art books.
PROJECT
For the concept of this project, we created a strong dialogue between Architecture, Art and Landscape Design. As a result, we designed a geometrical green mosaic pattern fountain towards a glass facade in the core of the project, creating a game of constantly changing light and shadows which gives life to the house. A node that through its reflections and color, borrows (as Japanese garden artist) the existing landscape.
The use of mirror glass as a third eye was very important, not the fact of seeing oneself, but being able to see at once what it is in front of us and to see what it is behind of us.
The people
Project: Casa Chico I
Architect: Parque Humano
Jorge Covarrubias + Benjamin Gonzalez Henze
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Type: Commission
Total Area: 600 m2
Client: Private
Status: Completed
Design Phase: 2000
Construction Phase: 2001 – 2003
Structure: Ricardo Camacho
Electrical: Islas Ingeniería
Interior Design: Parque Humano
Landscape Design: Jerónimo Hagerman, Maurycy Gomulicki
Fountain Artist: Maurycy Gomulicki, Jerónimo Hagerman
Wine Cellar Design: Antonio Sánchez
Lighting Design: Gustavo Aviles
Audio & Video: Hi Fi Club, Bernardo Stocker
General Contractor: Parque Humano, Pedro Samano
Photography: Gabriel Batiz
Jorge Covarrubi
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