Casa Candelaria

Located on the outskirsts of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Casa Candelaria belongs to the place where it uproots and seeks the integration and mimicry with the surrounding landscape.

Casa Candelaria, located on the outskirsts of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, was conceived under concepts that detonate the strength in it presence and belonging to the place where it uproots.

Another key intention for the design development was the decision to use as constructive method rammed earth walls, with natural aggregates that allows the earth to become black toned that seeks the integration and mimicry with the environment where it was intended that the main element outside was the vegetation.

As for the benefits that the use of rammed earth gives us, is the thermal storage because of the thickness of 50cm, in a place of extreme weather, as San Miguel de Allende, it’s sought to achieve spaces that during the day could be fresh and at night preserve the thermal gain they achieve during the day and radiate it into the interior, in order to create warm spaces. This strategy along with saving on the purchase and transfer of materials from distant places, make the construction time, cost and functional outcome to optimize in the best way possible.

Volumetrically the house solves each of the areas independently, creating blocks of black soil with predominance of solid and opening to the nature that surrounds the volumes through gaps that arise from floor to a 2.44m height where privacy and control of light is given by wooden blinds, revolving plates that generate an aperture and a total integration with the outdoor space.

The big house (under construction) consists of 12 volumes that are organized around 2 large courtyards, dividing public and private areas of the house with 930sqm and 630sqm of outdoor areas between patios, terraces, pool and gardens and two interior corridors that weave the total volumes outwards.  The guesthouse consists of 4 volumes connected by a covered courtyard and 200sqm of construction.

The materials used in this project as key players are compacted soil walls, parota wood indoor and archaeo- logical stone outdoor, accompanied lesser extent of concrete, blacksmithing and tile floors. In short, this house responds to Mexican haciendas in contemporary time with an innovative and effective construction system.

Cherem Arquitectos, Casa Candelaria, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 2016

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Cherem Arquitectos, Casa Candelaria, San Miguel de Allende, guest-house plan

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Cherem Arquitectos, Casa Candelaria, San Miguel de Allende, big house plan (under construction)

Casa Candelaria, San Miguel, Mexico
Program: single-family house
Architects: Cherem Arquitectos – Abraham Cherem, José Antonio Aguilar
Design Team: Daniel Huerta + Cristian Noriega
Construction: Cabrera y Asociados
Landscape: Entorno
Area: 1500 sqm
Completion: 2016

Casa Candelaria

Located on the outskirsts of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Casa Candelaria belongs to the place where it uproots and seeks the integration and mimicry with the surrounding landscape.

/Volumes/Data/CHEREMARQUITECTOS/ACTUALIZACIÓN PROYECTOS /CANDELARIA/6.PRESS KIT/2.PLANOS/160103 planta huespedes.dwg

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