Mexican practice Reyes Rios + Larrain Studio have created this award winning project as an individual guest house to an hacienda situated not far away, in the Yucatan peninsula. The new residence, referred to as Casa Sisal, is situated on a 45 per 140 meters plot that had historically been cultivated with agave plants. Enclosed by old and thick masonry walls dating back to the late 17th century, the website is now nicely landscaped with really cautiously mowed lawns and a couple of rows of trees that generate a pleasant all-natural ambiance. The generating itself is set in the middle of the land, positioned transversely on it in purchase have great views of the backyard. The residence is composed of two bedrooms with bathrooms, and open prepare kitchen and residing space. A cantilevering exterior staircase leads up to a rooftop terrace. There are exterior terraces on each and every sides of the central residing region, that proceed with a lap pool on one particular side, and a symmetrically positioned pond on the other side of the home. A distinctive attribute of this building is the materials it is totally developed of. This is a special white concrete that the architects have produced more than the preceding 15 years, and which is composed of white cement and resins from neighborhood Chukum trees, a approach inherited from the Mayas. The resulting materials is excellent for indoor and outside finishes, but also for cast pieces. Thanks to the all-natural seal made by the resin parts, the set concrete is really sound and resistant to extreme climate circumstances.
Designed from the very identical material like the complete home, the cantilevering stairs seem to be to be magically expanding out of the walls. This sensation is enhanced by the lack of noticeable joints in amongst the wall and the stairs, 1 of the advantages of the particular cement the establishing is developed of.
1 of the most fascinating attributes of the constructing is the design and type of the residing location. Positioned in the middle of the home, the room is enclosed at the front and at the back by floor-to-ceiling glass doors that slide totally into the walls. When every single sides are open, the residing location appears like an outdoor lounge beneath a flat roof, which in its turn appears like a bridge connecting the two bedrooms.
The floor of the residing area is recessed compared to the degree of the rest of the living spot and the outdoors, like a modest amphitheater. The poured cement stairs are used as a constructed-in base for the U-shaped sofa, developed from seat mats, upholstered backrests and cushions. The sofa composition is oriented towards one more constructed-in structure consisting of concrete shelves, storage cabinets, a fireplace and a flat screen.
The architects have exploited to the greatest the characteristics of their concrete by generating created-in beds and headboards in the two bedrooms. 1 of the bedrooms has a king size framework, whilst the other one specific has twin beds. The decoration is minimalistic and very zen. A hammock hangs from the walls in a single bedroom, conveying a extremely relaxed, holidays ambiance. Like the living room, the bedrooms also have dealing with windows at the front and at the back, but they are of smaller sized dimensions. Nevertheless they bring in light and sunshine at all occasions of the day, offering excellent seems on the garden at the very same time. Tiny ponds with aquatic vegetation are positioned just outside these windows.
The bathrooms are completely completed in the exact same particular concrete, that has the characteristic of obtaining waterproof. The material allows also for the creation of constructed-in washbasins. In a single of the bathrooms, the shower head is produced from a wall hung organic searching for stone, out of which the water falls down in actual cascades.
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