The land belonged to an old hacienda, which over the years was subdivided, leaving this site that once ran as a pasture, in it was a structure of wood that supported a roof over 100 years ago.

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Architects: COCCO ARQUITECTOS

Location: Tapalpa, Jal., Mexico

Architects In Charge: Arcelia Cornejo, Salvador Covarrubias

Other Participants: Marco Bueno

Area: 75.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Alejandro Souza

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From the architect. The land belonged to an old hacienda, which over the years was subdivided, leaving this site that once ran as a pasture, in it was a structure of wood that supported a roof over 100 years ago.
© Alejandro Souza

The request of our clients was clear, to develop an economic house, which will be used for rest purposes, but at the same time will serve to rent weekends and with that generate a constant income which will pay the expenses for the future growth of The construction, doing it in a healthy way as necessary and economically viable.

© Alejandro Souza

© Alejandro Souza

For these determinants was that a one-level project was developed with the facility of short-term growth. The proposal will be repeated on the top floor, reducing the costs of future enlargement by following a wall-to-wall scheme. The structural system that was used was the prefabricated vault of jalcreto ...