This experience with modern architecture is strengthened on one of its land acquired in 1939 in Tacubaya, to the west of Mexico City. One of the four parts of the lot becomes the Ortega house, a Huge slope garden where the contrast between the green of vegetation and the colors that characterize its walls are already glimpsed.
The other half of the lot that composes the numbers 12 and 14 of Francisco Ramírez General Street became the Luis Barragán Study Housethe most famous and intimate work of the Jalisco architect.
LUIS BARRAGÁN STUDY HOUSE ARCHITECTURE
Facade
The facade of the house is a declaration of intentions. Although construction began the same year as the urbanization plan of the Pedregal de San Ángel (1947) Barragán decided to settle in a popular colony to establish the workshop and home that would inhabit the rest of his life.
If not for the high walls that distinguish it from the rest of the street constructions, the Luis Barragán Study House It remains completely mimicked with its surroundings. Architecture as a practice introspective and intimate which addresses the psychological nature of the spaces is present from this point.
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Entrance and lobby
Once inside, a corridor guided by yellow light introduces the lobby, which gradually reveals the stay, the library, the workshop and the different courtyards, a set that It flows inadvertently Under the play of lights and shadows, with special emphasis on colors and synthesis between Mexican rural and the search for a modern nationalist style.