The Seventh House by Hernández Silva Arquitectos, in Mexico, is a project very similar to mine at this moment, since the plan is changed again. The building is composed by three attached volumes, the one in the middle is like a link between them and, in fact, the living room is here. The architects resolved the link/hub creating a double height in this space, so that the corridor faces on it. For me the key point of this design is that it could have been heavier than how it looks now but they worked really carefully with light and windows, that the generated atmosphere is completely different inside and outside the house.
Looking at it from outside, it's possible to notice the smart use of a ceiling that looks completely detached from the house and with it's inclination it has been used to repair the house from the sunlight, also the material used is completely different and the beams motif can be seen again in a kind of lighting game inside. Another thing that makes all lighter is the use of glass for the majority of the facades but located in key points that then give a fantastic light in the house. For what concerns the walls, they could look really haevy but looking at them more carefully, it's possible to notice that they are not continuous but they are cut exactly betwwen a floor and another. This choise could be very interesting for my project, since I need to make the sunlight come in as much as possible. In this picture above, the separation is more evident due to the use of a different material for the wall in wood. Since I have to decide two materials, one for the link and another for the two volumes, maybe this could be a solution for me too.
Looking at the house from inside, as it possible to see, the sunlight creates these beautiful soft light blades invading the living room from different points. This because the wood wall, hosting plants, is rearward and the big window of the corridor is nearer but, at the same time, is covered in part from the roof. The roof itself takes advantage from the sunlight, since this creates light effects on the visible beams. The external closed garden is separeted from the house by a big sliding glass that can be opened and make the living area bigger. So all this light it's not just for the living but also for the other rooms, in fact there is also a window in the corridor on the first floor to catch this light.
And this "gap" of light help to make all the house lighter.
"Seventh House / Hernández Silva Arquitectos" 05 Nov 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed 10 Dec 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=444654>
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