Casa Keita is a stunning brick house located in Colima, Mexico, designed in 2019 by Di Frenna Arquitectos.

Description
Reinterpreting the typology of a Mexican house in a contemporary version, was the premise to design Keita House, where the central patio became the circulation and main view of the residence. This last one, serves as the project?s heart, it can be contemplated from everywhere, and it is completely surrounded by both private and social areas of the proposal.
Existing vegetation and the climate in Colima city allowed the continuous opening of the proposed volumes. In the design, all the spaces are somehow permeated by vegetation, wind, and natural light, components that at the same time conquer until erasing the barrier between nature and architecture. In order to generate a more intimate and cozy atmosphere, a one-story house was proposed, with the intention of living a more direct connection within all spaces, an assumption that also gave place to the gesture in which absolutely all the architectural program can interact directly and palpably with the environment.
As a first encounter when wandering through the building, the kitchen, living room, and dining room welcome the visitor with a bountiful height that embraces its wooden beams and roof. The aperture of this area with floor-to-ceiling windows grants a free perspective on the background of the house, where a tree is preserved advocated by a steel structure, that provides shad...