La Casa del Abuelo is a public day-stay for senior citizens located within the premises of a 4-hectares municipal park in the northeast of the city of Córdoba, in the state of Veracruz.

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Architects: Taller DIEZ 05

Location: Córdoba, Veracruz, México

Architect In Charge: Manuel Herrera Gil

Collaborators: LP-Francisco Dorado, Juan Rodríguez.

Area: 780.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Luis Gordoa

Constructor: Raúl Sánchez Bouchot

Struction: Juan Sisquella Morante

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From the architect. La Casa del Abuelo is a public day-stay for senior citizens located within the premises of a 4-hectares municipal park in the northeast of the city of Córdoba, in the state of Veracruz.
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Plan

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The project starts with the idea of creating a refuge, a place where you can carry out activities in community with the elderly, in a natural, serene, fluid environment, with various interior and exterior spaces that are organized through workshops, outdoor terraces, services, and multipurpose areas.

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Section A

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Programmatically, the building is developed on a single floor, to achieve universal accessibility. For this reason, it was sought to locate in one of the less inclined areas of the terrain, allowing one part...