Luis Barragan House

Facade day.

Words from the Architect

The project is located on a sloped site in the suburbs of the city of Guadalajara, with a fantastic view to a beautiful green area and the city.

The house is composed by two rectangular prisms one over the other and placed in a perpendicular orientation between them. The bottom prism contains the private areas and the vestibule. At the same time, this parallelogram cuts the lot creating a private courtyard of white gravel in the highest part of the site, and a garden, a terrace and a pool in the lowest, towards the view.

Garden.

The second volume, running parallel to the street, houses the public activities and floats over the place in one of its sides in a 12 meter (36 ft) cantiliver. The street elevation is clad in stone as a massive wall, while the south and west facades are glazed allowing views to the park. In the intersection of both volumes is a double-height vestibule area with a skylight and a reflective pond. The lack of walls in the second floor, the use of glass for handrails and a dinning room that is hanging in a glazed mezzanine, lets the space flow into the living room. The dinning room expands toward the roof of the bedrooms as a deck that becomes a wood volume defining the entrance.

Garden.

Living room.

Dining room.

Rooms.

Stairs.

Credits

• Text: bgp arquitectura
• Photographs: Jaime Navarro
  

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