Nidos House

The house is a concrete monolith, visually warm, because of its wood-colored finish that was given to the cement

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Architectural Project: Claudia Rodríguez + Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura
Collaborators: Cristobal Pliego, Adriana Rodríguez
Diseño de paisaje: Estudio OME
Location: Valle de Bravo, Estado de México
Photography: Sandra Pereznieto
Year: 2021

It is a weekend house in Valle de Bravo, located in the ecological reserve El Peñón. The house is subtly resting above the earth suspended by a series of load-bearing walls that touch the ground in a surface of only 10 square meters. The house was conceived as a warm dwelling elevated to expand the views, just as the birds' nests are suspended in the treetops. Its program interweaves interiors of elevated panoramic visuals with cool vegetated exteriors; it integrates all the trees on the building floor into its terraces, and interweaves a pine and oak forest, a forest-to-meadow transition, and a wildflower meadow. The program is divided into three zones within the site: the first with the access, parking and service area, the second located in the central part of the site where the main construction or family house is located, consisting of an elevated rectangular volume that separates the public and private areas from the central access, and the third located in the lower part of the site, where the visitor's bungalows, the watering hole and vegetable garden are located on the cultivation nests. The house is a concrete monolith, visually warm, because of its wood-colored finish that was given to the cement both inside and outside. Thanks to the load bearing walls, which elevate the entire family house, different routes are produced, humidity is avoided and the lower space is used to expand the recreational program of the house in the garden: the jacuzzi is connected to the hammock area and outdoor living rooms; the helicoidal stairs allow different readings and uses that expand the functions of the space.

The house was conceived as a warm dwelling elevated to expand the views, just as the birds' nests are suspended in the treetops. Its program interweaves interiors of elevated panoramic visuals with cool vegetated exteriors.

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