Mexico
City-based design studio Parque Humano has designed AA House (Casa AA). The
stunning contemporary home was commissioned by a private client and can be
found in Mexico City, Mexico. The project was completed in 2011. AA House is
2,240 meters above sea level and its main features include a living, dinning,
kitchen and multipurpose room, three bedrooms, gazebo and a swimming pool.
This house is an exploration of a variety of formal and
architectural lineages in the ongoing transformations of a modern house
inspired by Neutra’s Kaufmann Desert House to the Case Study Housing Program
from the 1940s.
This luxury house was designed as a man-made pavilion for
observing and living in close proximity to nature. Organised around an open
landscape, the result is a wide L-shaped open plan room, an intersection of the
two axes radiating from the central living and dining space, in which all rooms
flank the swimming pool and face the park.
Pushing the limits of interior space through the use of
floor to ceiling glass, the architects sought to bring the house and landscape
into a higher unity.
Through the use of a steal structure they have created a
greater feeling of lightness and openness. The use of bricks was fundamental in
the house, the bricks provided insulation for extreme temperatures primarily
from the intense summer heat. They have created a special composition whereby
walls organise space but do not bear weight.
The rectilinear composition is supported
by the straightforward landscape designed by Pamela Burton. The pool, not only
a recreational asset, also enhances the view from the inside through its
constantly changing reflections of the sky and clouds.
