Minimalist BC House Designed by GLR Arquitectos
Phenomenal project had done by GLR Arquitectos in 2009. Minimalist concept was carried to realize BC house. This minimalist house is located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. By studying all aspect from surrounding, GLR Arquitectos successfully design BC House with all natural surrounded resources.
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Our project is in a privileged topographic situation, due to its visual condition of greater height in relation to the surrounding neighbors. This allows the house to enjoy excellent vistas towards the National Park of Chipinque in the south, as well as towards all of the east, which is dominated in the horizon by the “Cerro de la Sillaâ€, an emblematic hill in the boundaries of the city of Monterrey.
The proposed access to the site is located in the North side of it, ascending through a long slope that leads you to the highest level, where the floor plan is located. With simple, pure geometric volumes, but rather challenging structural solutions, our project intends to evoke an image of lightness within a language of heavy and massive volumes.
Although color does not have yet an important presence in our work, this project takes an important step forward into the exploration of new materials, as it is the black granite and the white exposed concrete, in addition to the personality that the great amount of exposed steel elements gives to the building.
Finally, it is important to mention that beyond its bio-climatic function, the implementation of green roofs as a way to integrate the landscape, trying to conserve the natural surroundings of the zone, always dominated by the presence of the splendid Sierra Madre mountain range.
