GGG House


Modernist house in Mexico City
If you are not familiar with the work of Mexico City architect Alberto Kalach, then we are pleased to be the first to introduce you to his work. If you have seen his work before, and that of the his former firm Kalach & Alverez, then you no doubt will enjoy seeing his work again.

The GGG House, built in 1999, is an abstracted modern structure which is obviously influenced by the great Mexican architect Luis Barragán and recalls shades of Tadao Ando, Louis Kahn, Carlo Scarpa and even Le Corbusier (look for the windows à la Ronchamp). The building and landscape commingle beautifully with broad indoor/outdoor terraces, contained courtyards and planted roof tops.

Link: Alberto Kalach GGG House (many more pics)

The house is imagined as a huge concrete monolith that is fragmented geometrically and progressively within a spatial mesh defined by the successive inscription of a sphere in a cube, and the latter in a sphere. Gardens, ponds, patios, pavilions and alcoves communicate amongst themselves through the cracks breaking up the monolith into multiple venues. The general volumetry of the house responds to the binding situation of living between a beautiful golf course, a warehouse and a five story-housing complex.















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Posted by Anonymous on 8/10/2005 6:03:00 PM

Perfect

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Posted by Matt Jackson on 8/23/2005 7:15:00 AM

This is a general question. Would architects of this caliber ever consider doing a residence with a total cost of around 1 Million dollars for you average Joe like ?

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Immpressive
Posted by Toni on 9/8/2005 8:34:00 AM

The challange beetwen light and dark rarely create a harmony like this. It's so natural

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love it
Posted by sophie on 12/11/2005 5:22:00 AM

I love the textures, it's cool but lively, and look how he appreciates the light by playing massive walls.

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Orgasmic!
Posted by paulina on 1/11/2007 10:54:00 PM

Oh beautifull..orgasmic!.. simply love it.....love it, love it, love it....can i work for you.....

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plan and elavation
Posted by sadee on 10/17/2007 12:15:00 PM

plase we need elevation and plan immediatelly
thank you

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help please
Posted by safa architecture studiant on 11/4/2007 2:27:00 AM

plan and elavation
Posted by Safa on 04/11/2007

plase we need elevation and plan immediatelly
thank you

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Hey Safa...
Posted by Anthony on 11/4/2007 10:32:00 AM

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indoor-outdoor
Posted by shifa on 1/28/2008 10:28:00 AM

inner & outer space relation is so beautifull.

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