«For me, doing architecture is deeply linked to Observe the territory and understand its conditions. In this project the stone had to be venerated and that truly means to honor it: dedicate space, enough square meters and also money, ”said Gabriela Carrillo. Undoubtedly, for make a real tribute to the rocks The house had to be designed with deep respect for the land and its situation, which was an indispensable aspect for Gabriela, as well as for his father, who has also developed as an environmentalist.
“The house does not end and begins where the building and the straight line are, but the straight line makes a gear with the organic, with the topography and with the vegetation, then, it is articulated as a single element. It is not the house and the landscape: it is a single project, ”he said. To achieve this dialogue with the natural, which translates into total integration, landscaping was carried out by Tonatiuh Martínez, a landscape workshop environment. In addition, the reuse of materials played a fundamental role to fulfill this purpose. “The objective was to do the minimum in terms of an intervention to nature. To do this, we used the stones to form the gardens and also reused the wood of the peak to make lambrines, light structures and some furniture, ”said Carrillo.
Complex in their meetings with the rocks, trees and surrounding curves, but basic in their existence and inhabit, Casa Piedra is a project consistent in its Buolic spiritalmost monacal, which allows focusing on that truly important: being between sea, sunlight, horizon and vegetation. “With the passage of time I imagine her as ruins. I hope the tlacuaches are eaten, that the trees grow and the planters overflow, ”concluded Gabriela Carrillo.