Taller Hector Barroso Designs Homes Amongst The Pines In Mexico
Two hours west of Mexico City, in the hills above Valle de Bravo, is ‘Entre Pinos’: five vacation homes scattered amongst the pines, designed by local architecture firm Taller Hector Barroso.
Translating to mean between the pines, the five buildings are positioned in a way that takes advantage of the natural topography of the forest whilst guaranteeing privacy for the residents. The north side of the property faces the road, and here the buildings appear impenetrable—their only feature being the negative space formed by their extruded staircases. On the opposite side, the south-facing buildings feature full height windows and glazed doors that offer views of the pines and substantial natural sunshine during the day. The five buildings are constructed around a central terrace and reflective pool which help engage the properties with their natural surrounds, which they remain unfenced from.
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“ I looked and looked in the city with a torchlight
No one, no one even came close to you
- Fazel Nazari [contemporary Persian poet]
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I looked and looked in the city with a torchlight
No one, no one even came close to you- Fazel Nazari [contemporary Persian poet]
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And it was just like a great dark wind
Within the wings of a storm.
I think I had met my match.
He was singin’
And undoing and undoing
Oooooooo, the laces, undoing the laces.
KEPLER
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“My mind, this floating glove, or lily or whatever I called it, wants to drift off into some obscure pool, and be shaded by weeds. I don’t want to talk or laugh or make engagements…”— Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Ethel Smyth c. August 1930
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