House in Xalapa is a contemporary single-family house located in Mexico, designed in 2021 by Lopez Gonzalez Studio.

Description
Envisioned for a growing family, the house proposes a form of dwelling organized around a continuous dialogue with the landscape in which it is located. The dark exterior grants it a solid stature, while simultaneously evoking the possibility of a home carved in the interior of a rock formation. Certain formal gestures complement this suggestion, like the sectioning of the house?s volumes that hints at the form of a crack, or the windows that appear sporadically, yet with a balanced rhythm, in different parts of the wall. Furthermore, the tour inside proposes a game of changing lights and shadows, with paths that open and close, tighten and widen, and flow into open spaces that secure both fresh air and privacy. Terraces and windows allow for an evolving conversation with the ample vegetation that surrounds the grounds. In the house?s ecosystem, plants become protagonists, establishing a symbiotic relationship similar to the one mutually agreed upon between the moss or the amate tree with the rock. Inside, the differently sized and shaped windows become openings that frame natural elements, invite the viewer to contemplate the green color, and shed light to all life spaces. At the same time, these windows confuse the threshold that separates interior and exterior, generating an expanding sensation. Outside, once that the viewer...