See inside this book by clicking here. Use your browser's back button to return to this page and continue shopping. "A dense, urban residential neighborhood is the context for this single-family, three-story house. The site is a 10 x 17-meter slot of space sharing party walls with its neighbors; the short end of one of the continuous facades creates the defined street wall typical of this townhouse neighborhood. Jacaranda trees form a vault spanning the length of the street. The architectural response to the project came from the orientation and size of the lot. The site is divided in two along its longitudinal axis: a living block and an outdoor patio with an east-west orientation. Inserted between a high party wall and the interior facade, the patio space provides southern exposure to the house as well as privacy from the street and neighboring houses. The principal living, dining, and patio spaces are located on the middle floor and connect to the bedrooms above and library below via a stair core at the rear of the house. The ground floor also contains the entry, garage, laundry, and service bedrooms. The roof of the house also serves as a deck." - excerpt from enrique norten: a house in the city, Building Description Contents Forward Jorge Silvetti A House is Always an Experiment: Interview with Enrique Norten Brigitte Shim, Brooke Hodge House LE Photographs by Andrew Bush Common Conditions Mirko Zardini Walls Not Only Cast Shadows: Enrique Norten's House in Mexico City Carlos Jimenez Building Description Construction Documents Sketches Project Team and Building Specifications Selected Buildings and Projects Biographical Statement Acknowledgments Published in connection with Enrique Norten's appointment as Eliot Noyes Visiting Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Design School. Acknowledgments: Printed by C.J. Graphics, Inc., Toronto |
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