Casa Vertientes in Mexico City is a weightless balance of steel beams

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On even the most cursory glance, Casa Vertientes – a sprawling family home in Mexico City’s Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood – makes two immediate impressions. The first is the unexpected clarity of its elevated plans. And the second is its unusual f...

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The unusual resolution arose as a response by the architects JJRR/Arquitectura + Area to the client’s brief for a four-storey family home that would allow a large number of members to interact in spaces that blended interior volumes with the sun-soaked exteriors. In turn, the steel cross beams that grip the retaining walls, both minimise load bearing walls, and amplify the porosity of the layout.

 

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