AP House / ELÍAS RIZO ARQUITECTOS

Architects: ELÍAS RIZO ARQUITECTOS
Location: Zapopan, Mexico
Author Architects: Elías Rizo Suárez, Alejandro Rizo Suárez
Area: 2748.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Onnis Luque, Fernanda Leonel de Cervantes

Collaborators: Carlos Miramontes, Paola Hernandez, Daniela Valdez, Rodrigo Ortega, Diana Reséndiz, Lourdes Rodríguez, Hector Guardado, Ma. Fernanda Peña, Sofía Valenzuela
Construction: Grupo Constructor, Promotor Industrial
Interior Design: Colectivo Sur

Text description provided by the architects. Designed within a private subdivision for a young family, was born from a particular collaboration with the client in which a constant dialogue with the needs program was established.

The concept was develop from the entrance vestibule where there is a tree-lined linear pond that directs the view to the garden. This pond delimits and segregates the public use of the private one, allocating a lateral volume with a stone base of the region to each one of the house program.

The left wing houses the private area of the house – the rooms are linked by a double height living room that unfolds a large bookcase and light inputs.

The right wing contains the social area of the house, including a second family room, kitchen with secondary entrance, living room, dining room, terrace and pool area. There is a second staircase that leads to a large basement where is the garage, private study and service area.

Crossing the garden, in the back part of the site are the complementary functions of the house, such as a paddle court and an event terrace with kitchen and independent bathrooms.

Stone, anchored steel, wood, and concrete make up the plastic language of the house.