Carrizal Housing Case Study

CARRIZAL HOUSING Jessica Calabrese ADE 321 Adrisel Bustamante FALL 2021 Lucy Yang DROMIACK Duha Hasan 9-5-2021 Victoria Doidge

Welcoming Interior with a profound usage of light colors to represent the inside of a geode

Unwelcoming exterior to hide what's inside the residential building creating a shell of privacy

Carrizal Detached Residential Development Location: Mexico City Neighborhood: Lomas Quebradas, CDMX Building Type: Residential Housing Units Size: 2022 sq. meter 21,764.63 sq. ft Year Completed: 2020 Floors: 8 dwellings per ½ acre Architect: Pablo Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Construction Company: Constructora Tuca

Site Plan Relationship

Context

Program: 8 Single Family Dwellings Key Emphasis: Privacy

Private gardens Residential Interior spaces

Construction Materials

Cumaru Wood - Rot and decay resistant; complimentary facade

Breeze block: Concrete latticework, recycled

Corev Muth: Acrylic texture finish (combination of granite, quartz, silica sand and other stone) to mimic the look of granite

PIN

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Os

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R CA

A RIZ

Elevation

NORTHEAST ELEVATION

PINO

PINO

CARRIZAL

CENTRAL

Door

Door

Door

Door

UNIT 1 SOUTHWEST ELEVATION

CENTRAL

Parking PINO

Section Perspective

N

Parking PINO

CENTRAL

CARRIZAL

Unit mix

Carrizal

Middle

Pino

Sun Path Diagram - summer sun path

- winter sun path

Floor Plans Presence/Absence of Light

Underground Parking

Ground Level

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

Rooftop

-

Private

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Public

Circulation

Ground Level

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

Circulation

Garage

Carrizal units

Center units

Pino units

Original site trees/vegetation Additional vegetation

Ambiance Exterior vs. Interior

Analytique

N

Toolbox Takeaways Fence barrier 10ft Residential Interior

Geode Concealed interior

Common Axis

Terrace level Bedrooms Bedrooms Common living Space efficiency

Parking

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