- prev
- next
HIGHLIGHT: COTA PAREDES ARCHITECTS
Cota Paredes Arquitectos is a Guadalajara, Mexico-based firm led by architect Abraham Cota Paredes. Their work spans from public to private projects around Mexico and focuses on relating to the existing site, or isolated in their own private universe.
Based in Guadalajara, Mexico. a white and grey concrete exterior defines the sharp, geometric form while hiding the two-storey format of the interior. without windows, an open courtyard wraps around the perimeter allowing natural light to enter through while encouraging privacy. A concrete partition wall separates and divides the street from the residence focusing the views up towards the sky, while the interior space is entered through sliding doors.
The land is located in the limit of a closed condominium, with a height difference of 8 meters at the back, which allows us to release the views to the east of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara. To take advantage of the location, the plant plays a staggered, making the space to expand, as the visitor walks deeper into the house. A large window frames the horizon, but preserving privacy due to the change in ground level.
Bonsai House
Bonsai House is a minimal space that rests on a lot facing southwest on a downward slope of 2m. The house features a combination of stone, concrete and white ironwork on the façade with a touch of rustic finished that linger inside the dwelling. the minimal, all-white color palette gives the house freshness and simplicity.
Sited on an elongated site in Michoacán, México, ‘la piedad’ is a residential project designed for a family with children. The structure emerges as a sculpture, wrapping itself in an introspective architecture, where the relationship between the interior and the exterior exists but is not completely evident. Its stereotomic structure was derived from the need to solve ventilation and lighting, within a plot whose length exceeds width (35 by 10 meters) and has an inclination of three meters.
The home takes the form of a white "enclosed cuboid", which is raised on a stone-walled base and is accessed by a pair of stone steps. The three-storey residence has few openings on the street-facing wall to maintain the resident's privacy. However, one forms the indented entrance an extends into a long slit, while the other is an upper floor window.