This housing project was very complex, firstly because of the site, it is located in a very hilly area so the topography represented a great challenge, this kind of sites, which can be found throughout Mexico City, are usually solved with very expensive structures that deny the nature of the topography and become planes over a hill, with no sense of site. On the other hand, the value of the project needed to have access through both sides; having a 35 meter difference in height became a difficult solution for the project.
This project consists of four buildings which adapt to thetopography as terraces. Vehicles circulate between the buildings, making it possible to enter the complex either from it’s highest or lowest level. People walk through bridges which connect the buildings in the access levels of the apartments. The project has 57 apartments, 8 of which develop in two floors (duplex), while the rest develop in three floors (triplex).
Works H+S 2003-2007
Camino a las Minas,
Huxquilucan, Edo. de México, México
Arch. Javier Sánchez Corral
Project Director/Architectural On-site Supervision: Rodrigo Langarica Avila
Collaborators: Giovanni F. Oteiza-Mario Najera-Adan de Rubin
Renders:Andre Barton-Joaquin González
Model:Daniel Larrazabal
Pictures: Rodrigo Langarica-Jair Navarrete
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