architecture

Project of the Week: While Brutalist architecture has its fans and haters, there’s no denying that Casa Alferez, the latest concrete architectural offering by Mexican architect @ludwiggodefroy [IG], is a showstopper.Located just outside #MexicoCity, this 81 square-meter (870 sq. feet) home sits on uneven terrain. As a result, it was built upwards, resulting in five half-level spaces that allow visitors to bask in the home’s unique verticality.The double-height ceilings, sombre color palette and skylights give Casa Alferez a cathedral-like setting. Windows in various geometric forms punctuate the façade in key areas — some even jutting slightly from the walls — but the interiors are generally oriented towards the sky and the treetops. The supporting pillars, stairwells, and mezzanine levels are angled discreetly to provide privacy for the bedrooms and bathrooms without compromising the stunning views of the rest of the house.While dressed primarily in concrete, the living spaces are warmed by touches of wood used as furniture and flooring. The living room’s dark green sunken conversation pit and various decorative accents add pops of color across the home. An outdoor area is a rooftop terrace that integrates the protruding skylight into its overall design.Despite its intention to be a protective, isolated shelter amid a forest, Casa Alferez is fitted with contemporary furnishings, fixtures and lighting for its dwellers to enjoy the conveniences of a modern lifestyle.Photos by: @arorygardiner [IG]

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TOME house in #Puebla, Mexico, by MX Taller de Arquitectura & DiseñoMXTAD: TOME house does not respond to the archetype of common housing. Its irregular shaped terrain, spatial program and distribution combine to create a unique project, far from the common requirements, a design made by designers, for designers.The design seeks to generate an experience of absolute and continuous contact with the outside when inside the house, while maintaining total facade privacy. Its simple, sober and modular volumes intersect with green patios which provide every space with natural light, ventilation and unique perspectives.Photos by: @amybello.fotografia [IG]

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Per Carlsen | @PerCarlsen_ [IG] is an artist and architect from Oslo, who creates surrealist worlds that transcend the realm of reality. Combining his experience in art and illustration with his expertise in architecture, Per Carlsen’s illusory scenes depict a vast form of the post-human world.
Per Carlsen is an avid painter. While studying architecture, he also spends his spare time studying the state of space, where architecture and art merge. “It’s something I’m passionate about,” he explains. “It’s a big part of my career in architecture.”
Often featuring one lone figure contrasted against enormous architectural structures, Carlsen creates post-civilization scenes we might often associate with the end of the world. With this, the conversation of our growing technological dependency and the increasing climate crisis comes to the fore.
The world Carlsen creates is a paradoxical one; staggering landmarks in beautiful natural environments provide endless possibilities for human progress, and yet, there feels a grave undertone to the works. With towering high caves, undulating concrete buildings and viewing platforms, and ethereal monuments and places of worship, the architect designs something familiar but also eerily alien at the same time. Exploring these enigmas is precisely the purpose.

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