Seijo Peon Arquitectos y Asociados has completed the design for Aldea House, a modern residence located in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. According to the architects: “To avoid cutting down trees, we decided to build a project of multiple small habitable rooms would be filtered through the vegetation in a manner that all the trees are respected. This led us to think that the concept of the house would be like a village in which one travels outside in a sinuous way through the trees to get from one building to another. ” A perfect indoor/outdoor connection was achieved by the project team:” The house is then conceived as a “village” so as to reach every single space you have to travel in a trail across the trees… like on a village in the jungle.”
The program consists in 3 bedrooms, game room, living room, dining room, kitchen, service area and an outer social area with pool. The social area works as a link between the service areas and the private zone. The bedrooms are grouped into a set of pieces in a way that safe inner playgrounds are generated for the children. Beautiful and natural colors were used to create a connection to the surroundings. Terraces offer a complete panorama of the surroundings just like the large windows allow the residents to retreat inside and enjoy the view whenever the weather does not allow the full outside experience.
