CEIBA HOUSE, MEXICO

A ROUGH STONE SPIRAL STAIR-

CEIBA HOUSE IS LOCATED IN AGUASCALIENTES , MEXICO. CASE TWISTS UP BESIDE THE TREE
DESIGNED FOR A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHO IS A TO LEAD TO THE UPPER SPACE.
YOGA TEACHER AND A DANCER WHO REQUIRED NOT TO LARGE GLASS DOORS OPEN FROM
DEMOLISH THE TRADITIONAL MEXICAN HOUSE SITUATED THE DANCE STUDIO ONTO A TER-
THERE BUT TO EXPAND THE AREA ACCORDING TO HIS DE- RACE FEATURING GRAVEL FLOOR-
MANDS. THE EXPANSION PROGRAM PROPOSED BUILDING A ING AND A SMALL POOL. THICK
YOGA ROOM THAT COULD BE ACCESSED WITHOUT ENTER- ADOBE WALLS, MUD-BASED CON-
ING THE HOUSE,TWO NEW BEDROOMS FOR THE CHILDREN STRUCTION – PROVIDE THE BACK-
AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE KITCHEN, DINING AND SER- DROP. THE REST OF CEIBA HOUSE
VICES AREAS.. THE ARCHITECT JORGE RAMIRAZ PRESERVED IS ACCESSED FROM THE SMALL
AN OLD FRUIT TREE, TIRED MUD WALLS, AND DECORATIVE OPEN-AIR SPACE AT THE FRONT..
ARCHWAYS, WEATHERED MUD-BRICK WALLS, AND CRUM- THE FRONT DOOR LEADS FROM
BLING RENDER AND BRICKWORK. AND THEN ADDED A HERE INTO THE HALLWAY, AND
WHITE DANCE STUDIO ON TOP. THEN ONTO A SECOND COURT-
YARD.

DANCE HALL WITH COURTYARD NEARBY. SPIRAL STAIRCASE.

GLASS WALLS ENCLOSE THIS AREA,WHICH IS COMPLETED WITH A LARGE BEAU- THE DANCE HAVE WOODEN
CARNEA PLANT AND AN EXPOSED WATER TANK, WHICH RAMÍREZ ADDED FLOORING AND SEVERAL LARGE
AS A REFERENCE TO ANCIENT ISLAMIC CISTERNS. LARGE GLASS WALLS CON- OPENINGS LETTING IN LIGHT. THE
TRAST THE EXISTING DECOR, LIKE THE PAINTED THREE-POINTED ARCHWAY, MINIMALISTIC APPROACH GIVE
AND SLIDE OPEN ONTO THE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM INSIDE. A SLEN- NO DISTRACTIONS IN THE DE-
DER HALLWAY LEADS PAST THE KITCHEN TO THE THIRD, LARGER COURTYARD, SIGN AND OUTSIDE COURTYARD
FEATURING PEELING AND CRACKED RENDERED WALLS, AND A HUGE SAPOTE ADDS TO THE BEAUTY AND THE
FRUIT TREE THAT RISES FROM A CIRCULAR BRICKWORK PLANT POT. IN CEIBA PRESENCE OF WATER AND THE CE-
HOUSE, THE TREE IS SET IN FRONT OF A BIG WINDOW FRONTING STUDIO. BIA TREE UPFRONT ADDS TO THE
OTHER ACCOMMODATION ON THE GROUND FLOOR INCLUDES THE MAS- CALMNESS.
TER BEDROOM SUITE AND A LIVING ROOM, WHICH ARE ARRANGED TO RUN
ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. TWIN BEDROOMS OCCUPY
THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE NEW PORTION AT THE FRONT.
KITCHEN AREA

DINING AREA

VIEW OF CEBIA HOUSE FROM THE STREET.

THE WHITE-RENDERED ADDITION ENVELOPES THE FRONT

OF THE RESIDENCE WITH BRICKWORK LEFT EXPOSED ON EXTERNAL COURTYARD OUTSIDE

THE BASE. IT HAS TWO WINDOWS ON THE GROUND FLOOR CEIBA HOUSE KEEPS AWAY FROM
THAT OFFER LIGHT INTO TWIN BEDROOMS FOR THE ARCHI- THE GREAT FORMAL PRETEN-
TECT’S CHILDREN, WHILE A SLENDER PROTRUDING WIN- SIONS AND EXAGGERATIONS TO
DOW AND A TINY OPENING ILLUMINATE THE STUDIO. THE WHICH MOST ARCHITECTS ARE
LAYERING OF STRUCTURES IS SIMILAR TO HOW THE AZTECS GIVEN, ITS SIMPLE FACADE AND A
BUILT THEIR ANCIENT PYRAMIDS IN THE CITY THE NEW REFINED INTERIOR DESIGN FULL
STRUCTURE WAS BUILT OVER THE PREVIOUS ONE, LEAVING OF SYMBOLISM,VEGETATION AND
IT DROWNED INSIDE. IN THE EXTENSION, A SMALL YARD IS INTIMATE SPACES, BRING BACK AT
LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. A CEIBA TREE TIMES THOSE WORDS THAT LUIS
THAT GROWS HERE IS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, AND GIVES BARRAGÁN WARNED WERE BEING
THE HOUSE ITS NAME. FORGOTTEN BY THE ARCHITECTS:
BEAUTY, INSPIRATION, MAGIC,