Architects: Gina Góngora + Arista Cero
Area: 54 m²
Year: 2020

The beige exterior of this house has a texture that is complemented by the door and window with a red tone.

The interior walls are also textured setting a rustic background for the spiral staircase and green sofa.

This is a look at the living room that has a large green sofa paired with a wooden coffee table and topped with a beamed ceiling.

This is a look at the great room that houses the living room, dining area and kitchen under one tall ceiling.

This is a close look at the dining area that has a long rectangular dining table paired with wooden chairs with green cushions.

Beside the dining set is the kitchenette with white cabinetry that makes the stainless steel appliances stand out.

On the other end of the kitchen and dinig area is the large glass wall with white frames to match the white curtains.

This is another look at the great room with textured rustic walls and a tall ceiling above the living room, dining and kitchen areas.

Beside the living room area is the spiral staircase that leads to a loft and indoor balcony above.

Across from the green sofa of the living room is this rustic wooden window.

This is the bathroom entrance on the far end of the great room with a white pedestal sink topped with a geometric mirror.

This is a close look at the loft above the living room fitted with alarge bed.

The bed is topped with a beamed ceiling that goes towards the top of the great room.

This is another look at the living room with a view of the indoor balcony of the loft above.

This is a close look at the dining area of the great room with a rectangular dining set topped with modern lighting.

This is one of the outdoor areas of the house with an intricate wrought iron panel that is used for a vertical garden.

The large glass wall of the dining and kitchen area opens up to the pool area.

This is a close look at the pool of the house with a tall wall and an open ceiling.

This is an illustration of the house's elevations.

This is an illustration of the house's floor plan.

This is an illustration of the house interior.

The project is located near the Ermita de Santa Isabel Church in the San Sebastián district in Mérida Yucatán. it is a renovation of an abandoned building, transformed into an ideal space for couples who want to live in Mérida, in an iconic neighborhood of the historic center.

The project is developed in a 54 m2 bay, 12 meters wide and 4.5 meters deep. The facade is made up of masonry which shows the construction process of the wall decorated with clay crosspieces of the time. The facade has two openings, one for the access door and one for the window, both made of slatted wood, the window with iron hinges.

On the interior, five of the interlocks of wooden logs have deteriorated and the slab has collapsed. In the walls, there are signs of cover-ups of masonry and on the east side, there is a reinforced concrete mezzanine supported by two walls where the bathroom is located.

The proposal seeks to respect and to leave evidence of the scars of the passage of time in the building. In addition, the existing gap in the slab is taken advantage of in order to generate a courtyard that allows the entry of light and ventilation in a natural way to the interior space. A body of water is placed in the courtyard to refresh the inhabitants from the hot weather of the city.

Next to it is the kitchen-dining room with a folding door made of metal and glass with the idea of losing the interior-exterior limit, which gives the opportunity to transform the social area into a contained terrace. A room made up of a sofa, an armchair, and a stool, as well as the bathroom at the other end of the space, complement the social program on the ground floor. The helical metal staircase gives access to the mezzanine where a resting space is located.

The material proposal preserves the original state of the ruin, the proposition intends to repair, recover and consolidate the slab, walls, and floors. The integration of new elements such as a kitchen, a body of water, services, and baseboards, are created using white polished cement, which is also used in the framing of the windows and doors to contrast with the original finish of the walls.