It is a nearly rectangular plot with a slight curve at the bottom, descending a few meters from the entrance to the rear. This led to the placement of two platforms, one at street level and another half a level below, allowing for the planting of two separate building blocks connected by a courtyard where stairs and corridors seem to float, weaving through the floors.

At street level are the entrances, hall, and space for four cars. Half a level down is the largest outpost, containing the social areas of the house. A very intimate studio that can convert into an occasional bedroom, the central area includes the living and dining rooms, the most dramatic part of the house. This large space is crossed by a bridge and opens in two directions: to the internal courtyard, unfolding its roof to become an exterior space, and at the other end, it faces the garden at the back of the plot, where treetops rise, extending the view towards the center of Zapopan.

On the same level, the kitchen overlooks the terrace, surrounded by vegetation at the corner. It offers the best perspective of the plot; in fact, it is a cantilever without support to fully embrace the garden. Below the kitchen and terrace are additional guest bathrooms, connected by a staircase that subtly descends to the open space of the western servitude of the building.

The house features a second internal and private staircase that provides the freedom to move through certain intimate spaces of the house independently of the services located beneath the garage, kitchen, service, and bedrooms.

On the top level are the bedrooms, on two half-levels. One level houses the master bedroom, a cantilevered volume with the best view of the small urban hill. On this same level is one of the bedrooms. On the other slightly higher level, there are two more bedrooms that open to the south and the street. The journey is protected by a lattice that allows a view of the courtyard but maintains the privacy of the bedrooms from the social areas. Here is also the family room, a space with shutters that fold over the double height of the entrance, and on the other side, it directly connects to the central courtyard.

The house employs simple and artisanal materials, such as quarry slat walls in the courtyard, exposed concrete, and mostly solid parota wood, with oak slats for the stairs. The colors are variations of gray, with dark tones in the metal beams and pipes, a lower tone for the exteriors, and subtle variations of the same warm gray inside.

Each element of the house has been individually designed to accentuate the concept, ranging from lightness to massiveness, like the bridge that closes to the bedroom and opens and becomes transparent to the courtyard. Furniture, bookshelves, dressers, desks, etc., were designed for each space to maintain a unique language for the entire set whenever possible.

The gardens respect the old existing trees but are interwoven with new vegetation, carefully studied in each of its areas.

Project Name: Casa HNN
Architects: Hernández Silva Arquitectos - Website
Location: Zapopan, Mexico
Area: 720 m²
Year: 2016
Photographer: Carlos Díaz Corona | fernanda leonel - Instagram
Collaborating Architects: Edgar Soltero, Fernanda Castiello, Pastora Camarena
Landscape Design: Ana Ashida Landscape Studio
Interior Design: Colectivo Sur
Project: Jorge Luis Hernández Silva

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