Casa los Moyos RR (Los Moyos RR House)

COPY & TRANSLATION: Kopakitsy Alenka Huesca Carvajal
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ernesto Gutiérez Zamora

Casa los Moyos RR (Los Moyos RR House)

LOCATION

Frac. Los Moyos, Punta Pérula, Jalisco.

YEAR

January 2023

AREA

182.80 m².

DEVELOPED AREA

141.32 m².
This story began 40 years ago, although truth being said it began a long time ago. The protagonists, two siblings, two families and a common dream; time had to tread the sand and the families had to grow, but finally the time came and that outstanding land that had waited patiently, would finally witness the materialization of that dream. The first point to define the program was the partition of the land and the conception of the first of two houses, so that the next one could be integrated in an intelligent and fluid way, emphasizing the familiarity essence of both. The set of strategies that defined the project converged in an aesthetic that would be more in line with "informality", a building that allows itself to be traversed by time, that integrates itself into the space; we allowed ourselves to avoid cleanliness, to leave some details to "imperfection", to let concrete and wood acquire personality.
For this house located in a beach environment, it was important to promote the activities that revolve around the kitchen space, living, eating, drinking, chatting, sharing, or just “being”. Having this axis, we moved on to what would be the core of the house, we proposed to change the conception of living, rearranging the scheme of uses, reversing the traditional private area of the social area, even "unlinking" and "separating" access to them.

The rooms and facilities are located on the first floor, as these are the ones providing most of the volume, land is used to its full potential and empty spaces are generated in the following levels to be used as terraces embedded in the social area, where it is accessed by an outdoor ramp, being an extension of the central walkway, it surrounds some palm trees that were standing in front of the house, generating a path to separate and to invite going in and out, creating an atmosphere of disconnection and privacy. 

The fixed furniture is integrated into the architecture, the bed bases, benches, dining room and sinks flow with the structure as if they were one piece, achieving a “SURROUNDING UNIQUENESS”, more than just a simplicity of forms.

The woodwork was adapted from doors of old mansions, which like the great families were made to last.

The materiality and simplicity, besides contrasting with the immediate buildings, facilitate the cleaning, allow the user to go out to the beach and come back with sand on his feet, without worrying when entering, being an extension of nature itself, the sand, the stone, the concrete, the grass, walking barefoot, feeling comfortable and relaxed.  On the top level, the crown, we found both a beach hut and a jacuzzi to enjoy the breathtaking view of the sea lashing out on the beach that together with the breeze delights all senses.

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