The Mix Box, Minimalist Home by Manuel Marquez
Minimalist home design always get more portion in this blog. And again we present minimalist home called The Mix Box, designed by Manuel Marquez. This Mexican architect bring simple idea but full of innovation. Simple shape with extraordinary composition make this project worthy to be discussed.
The building site is a corner in a mid class residential neighborhood. The site has only 2150 sq ft. The developer intended to build two small single homes but after reviewing the urban regulations we realized that an apartment building was much more profitable. And we could even attach a small commercial space.
The building premise was to provide the maximum privacy and independence to each unit. We located the comercial space at the very corner and so we separated the garage and the access to both units. The building became a pile of boxes, each one on top of each other, with different sizes and rotations. The volume creates a series of terraces. The inner space isâ€cross-connected†so both units share all stories and terraces. The result was a very unusual apartment building.
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