A private residence in Mexico City by local architecture firm Manuel Cervantes Estudio makes the most out of the striking ravine-side site and existing flora to create a ceramic-clad home that is contemporary but also at one with the outdoors Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox. Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper* She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006 visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas Ellie has also taken part in judging panels such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page the white ceramic house settles on a narrow site close to a ravine providing a distinct topography for the residential project given these specific property characteristics the architects aimed to create an overall well-lit living environment closely connected to the surrounding nature.  all images by rafael gamo the main access to the house by manuel cervantes estudio is made through an almost blind volume lined with white ceramic material the different formations that complete the dwelling create an interesting game between light and shadow using an existing jacaranda as the central core of the aromatic garden the pedestrian entrance to the ground floor is generated this access is located at 1.5 meters from the sidewalk level the program consists of three ground floor volumes that integrate a common social area with a living room and dining room this spatial combination serves as a multipurpose space that allows coexistence with the different green areas of the exterior a separate volume houses the kitchen which has the option (given the preference of the resident) to become two areas of simultaneous use connecting to the kitchen through a corridor that is articulated with the different planted zones.  a hallway connects with a family room overlooking the jacaranda and the main garden two bedrooms overlooking the central garden separating this volume by generating an entrance of light benefitting the interior space the project reflects a combination of overlapping volumes lined each one with the ceramic material creating an enclosure that opens to the outside name: housing in amatepec architecture office: manuel cervantes estudio architects: manuel cervantes céspedes mariloly rodríguez construction: grupo inmobiliario hermon  landscape architect: entorno taller de paisaje  location: mexico city designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. edited by: myrto katsikopoulou | designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast Cardenas’ dream of a unified national identity didn’t take root in the Sierra which has historically been isolated and impoverished but basketball soon became one of the region’s most significant traditions… and part of the indigenous identity itself I grew up idolizing the star players from my village and others and spending most of my spare time on the basketball court which as one of the few flat spaces in hilly and terraced Serrano villages served not only as a site of play but also as a public gathering space My documentary photography project “Identity At Play” explores the way in which basketball reinforces indigenous identity Basketball tournaments are the central fixture of the annual village fiesta the single most important event in a Serrano village migrants would return from the United States for tournaments in their villages; now the basketball court is the fulcrum of activity: bulls are slaughtered there and the names of the migrants sponsoring the fiesta are read aloud About the author: Jorge Santiago is a documentary photographer currently based in southeastern Ohio. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times Lens Blog. He has traveled and shot extensively in the United States, Mexico, and China. Visit his website here Become a PetaPixel Member and access our content ad-free Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.