Casa U位于墨西哥城的郊区，在一个非常陡峭的丘陵地带，可以俯瞰墨西哥谷。明显的坡度产生了一种坐姿，强调了房子的空间与场地的地形之间的亲密关系。
Casa U is located in the suburbs of Mexico City in a very steep and hilly site overlooking the Valley of Mexico. The pronounced slope generated a sitting that emphasizes the intimate relationship between the spaces of the house with the site´s topography.
这座建筑对房屋的典型顺序提出了质疑，它的入口在屋顶，然后下降到房屋的私人和社会空间。大量的树木起到了追踪的作用，为房子提供了框架，并给它更多的隐私。
The parti questioned the typical sequence of a house, having its access in its roof to then descend into the private and social spaces of the house. A large number of trees served for tracing, framing the house and giving it more privacy.
外立面是清醒和简单的，隐藏了房子之外，使斜坡和地平线之间的关系变得明显。在一个入口处，一座桥延伸了与街道的过渡，成为一个观察站。通过远离斜坡，房子减少了它的立足点，释放了大部分的绿色表面。
The exterior facade is sober and simple, hiding the house beyond and making evident the relationship between slope and horizon. After an entry portal, a bridge extends the transition from the street and becomes an observatory. By stepping away from the slope, the house reduces its footing and frees up the most of green surface.
楼梯成为项目的核心，作为材料轴和光线的门槛。它分布在各个楼层和空间，利用有框架的视野，将景观带入不同规模的室内。台阶在某些部分战略性地加长，以减缓人的速度，并允许更有意识地在各层之间进行过渡。
The stair becomes the core of the project, acting as the material axis and a threshold of light. It distributes to all levels and spaces making use of landings with framed views, bringing the landscape into the interior at different scales. The steps are strategically longer in some sections to slow down the person and allow for amore conscious act of transitioning between levels.
顶层是车库和前庭，下一层是两间卧室、两间浴室、一间带私人浴室的主卧室、一个露台和一个工作室，接着是客厅、餐厅和厨房，最后是一个半地下层，有一个游戏室和通往下层花园的通道。
The top level holds the garage and access vestibule, being the next level down occupied by two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a master bedroom with private bathroom, a terrace and a studio, followed by the living room, dining and kitchen floor, and lastly a semi-buried level with a playroom and access to the lower garden.
材料与空间的功能相呼应。包含卧室的最高体量达到了清晰的天空。社会层，也就是通往花园的那一层，用黑色的石头有节奏地分割成小山脊，模仿当地的火山石，提供连续的光影游戏，表达了更重的性质。这两个使体积看起来嵌入土壤中。最后，所有包含服务空间的体量都使用了一种中间的混凝土。
The materiality responds to the function of the spaces. The highest volumes containing the bedrooms reach the clarity of the sky. The social level, the one with access to the gardens is expressed with a heavier nature using black stone rhythmically divided by small ridges that provide a continuous play of light and shadow mimicking the volcanic local stone. This two make the volume look embedded into the soil. Finally, an in between concrete is used for all of the volumes that contain service spaces.
Architects: MATERIA
Area : 590 m²
Year : 2015
Photographs :Onnis Luque
Design Team : Karla Uribe, Hugo Blancas
Architects In Charge : Gustavo Carmona, Lisa Beltrán
City : Mexico City
Country : Mexico