在墨西哥城外几个小时的地方，瓦莱-德-布拉沃（Valle de Bravo）的乡村湖镇坐落在群山之间的山谷里，常年提供适宜的天气和全景自然景观。在这里，Casa Aguacates–一个由建筑师Francisco Pardo设计的旨在作为周末休闲的住宅项目–的选址非常奇特，其中一片鳄梨田倾斜到一片茂密的森林和峡谷中。
A couple of hours outside of Mexico City, the rural lake town of Valle de Bravo sits in a valley between mountains, offering perennially agreeable weather and panoramic nature views. Within it, the site for Casa Aguacates — a residential project meant to function as a weekend retreat, and designed by architect Francisco Pardo — is a peculiar one, in which an avocado field slopes down into a dense forest and glen.
“主要的想法是要有森林的景色，但客户也希望保留牛油果田的原貌，”帕尔多解释说，”这就是我们得出的决定，把房子埋起来。” 牛油果树在隐蔽而不显眼的结构上方发芽，它可以俯瞰森林的树梢。帕尔多告诉记者，客户练习悬挂式滑翔，因此这对夫妇对他们认为的 “第五个门面”–从空中看风景–特别感兴趣。从这个角度产生最小影响的意图成为项目的决定性特征。
“The main idea was to have a view of the forest, but the client also wanted to leave the avocado field intact,” explains Pardo, “which is how we arrived at the decision of burying the house.” Avocado trees sprout above the concealed and unassuming structure, which overlooks the treetops of the forest. The client, Pardo tells, practices hang gliding, and so the pair took a special interest in what they deemed “the fifth facade” — the view from the sky. The intention to have a minimal impact from that perspective became the project’s defining characteristic.
方案很简单–一个开放的平面布局，以厨房、餐厅和客厅为特色，周围有一个主卧室、另外两个客房和一个工作室。后面的区域被打穿，成为一个室内天井，提供了第二个阳光和通风的来源，以及自然元素的并列。一边是桀骜不驯的绿色景观；另一边是驯服的风景。因此，该项目存在于两个现实之间，巧妙地表达了建筑对其自然环境的控制能力，以及与之共存的愉快的张力。
The program was simple — an open plan layout features a kitchen, dining room and living room, with a master bedroom, two additional guest rooms, and a studio surrounding it. The back area was pierced to become an interior patio, providing a second source of sunlight and ventilation, as well as a juxtaposition of natural elements. One one side, a view of untamed greenery; on the opposite, a domesticated landscape. Thus, the project exists between two realities, functioning as a subtle expression of architecture’s ability to exercise control over — and coexist in pleasant tension with — its natural surroundings.
与帕尔多工作室开发的大多数项目一样，材料调色板偏向于最小。帕尔多说：”特别是由于这是一个周末的家，我们想确保它是非常低的维护，”。光秃秃的混凝土结构只被涂有Chukum的墙壁打断，这是一种来自墨西哥尤卡坦地区的天然灰泥，以及由松木制成的隔板，在施工过程中它们曾被用作假工程而被重新使用。帕尔多说：”我们实际上还使用了更多剩余的木材，在房屋上方建造了一个小屋，”帕尔多说，”它可以是一个服务区或一个瞭望点，因为它提供了场地的全景。”
As with most of the projects developed by Pardo’s studio, the materials palette leans minimal. “Especially because it is a weekend home, we wanted to ensure it would be very low maintenance,” Pardo says. A bare concrete structure is interrupted only by walls coated in Chukum, a natural stucco from the region of Yucatán, Mexico, and partitions made of pine wood, reused after they had functioned as the falsework during the construction process. “We actually also used more of that leftover wood to construct a cabin above the house,” says Pardo, “which can be a service area or a lookout point, because it offers panoramic views of the site.”
Architects: Francisco Pardo Arquitecto
Area: 442 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Sandra Pereznieto, Diego Padilla
Engenieer:Luis David Moctezuma, Alejandro Moctezuma
Colaborators:La Metropolitana, Luz Design
City:Valle de Bravo
Country:Mexico