Tapalpa, proclaimed pueblo mágico (magic town) of Jalisco, is located 118 km away from Guadalajara, and it?s set 2070 meters above sea level, where the natural, architectonic and cultural riches endow with magic to the recreational and resting visits.

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Architects: Luis Daniel Salazar Machado

Location: Tapalpa, Jal., Mexico

Architect In Charge: Luis Daniel Salazar Machado

Area: 850.0 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Eduardo Sendra Dueñas

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From the architect. Tapalpa, proclaimed pueblo mágico (magic town) of Jalisco, is located 118 km away from Guadalajara, and it?s set 2070 meters above sea level, where the natural, architectonic and cultural riches endow with magic to the recreational and resting visits.
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A reservoir gently covers the Rancho Viejo living complex where La Casona is settled, the therm was adopted in Spain, and it designates the stately homes of the mountains. The project was developed under the philosophical organic architecture grounds, where design, material, and construction methods are a reinterpretation of those rooted culturally to the zone.

Front elevation

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Bank stone, volcanic stone, adobe, pinewood, concrete and roof tile are the regent materials in the construction, the expertise of the local builders are the very soul o...