Casa Pakaal is an old house dating from the beginning of the 20th century and is located in one of the most important streets of the city of Mérida and in one of its oldest neighborhoods.
Upon entering the 350-square-meter residence, in the first bay with 5-meter-high ceilings and original wooden beams and joists, we are greeted by a living room on which a painting by Pedro Friedeberg rests. The layout of the floor was made specifically for the house. This part of the project was the only one that was completely restored, while a more contemporary intervention was carried out in the following spaces.
In what was the second bay of the house, there is the service area in the covered part and in the uncovered part a mirror of water with floating stone traces which is located on the site that once housed a tiled roof French, remaining as witnesses an old wall.
Wow, you come to a small garden that connects to the kitchen and the covered terrace, it is in these areas of the house where the decision is made to respect the old ruins, but incorporating new materials and construction systems, "settling" on the old masonry walls, a frame of metal beams type "I" and on this the new slab with chukum coating.
The interior walls of the kitchen retain their original finishes as a tangible witness to the passage of time, contrasting with the modern design of the kitchen and the tiled floor.
The same aesthetic and structural criteria of the kitchen are applied in this area of ​​the residence, leaving the old stone walls as they were found, complementing them with stone floors in neutral tones. This area works as an outdoor kitchen and dining room, creating an ideal place for conviviality, while enjoying the view of the chukum pool where a tzalam wooden deck floats on the water and where a beautiful game of lights and shadows of the frond of a typical sour orange tree or Pak`áal in Maya.
The private area of ​​the house in the back area, part of the idea of ​​respecting the existing vegetation, so the five rooms were distributed around the trees that were along the land. The volumetry of this area is more sober and pure, dealing with extruded cubes with different textures. The visitor area is the only one with two levels and the textures used in the cubes are glass and chukum, where a staircase right in the middle serves as the guiding axis and the visuals escape to the rear garden.
Integrating the past with the present, creating a balance between the natural and the built environment, and mixing traditional and modern materials, Casa Pakaal seeks to respect history, nature and its context, generating different environments and atmospheres for the enjoyment of each one of them. their spaces.
Project name: Casa Paakal or Pakaal House
Architects: Workshop Diseño y Construcción - www.workshop.com.mx/
Location: Mérida, Mexico
Area: 350 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs: Manolo R. Solís - %20https//www.manolorsolis.com
Suppliers: Artesano MX , Eurovent , Urban Gallery , Ixina , Mosaicos La Peninsular , Tecnolite
Responsible Architect: Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Construction: Rosa Balam
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