基地面积3500平方米，植被丰富繁茂，树木高大挺拔，远处美妙谷——这座墨西哥城西南150公里处的梯田式山包的美妙丽景尽收眼底。这里四季分明，冬季-2°C，气候凉爽；夏季33°C，六月到十月的白天常有大雨。

为了实现设计理念，我们不断从自身找寻方法使得设计可以最大限度的与周边建筑相互融合（先不提能量，持续性和生态的概念），设计本身就可以透露出对环境的尊重。于是决定利用基地斜坡来创造视线连接，或者使用现存植被覆盖不同立面。

住宅基址选在山间梯田上，建筑朝向景观别致动人的南面，背靠北面，躲开北风的侵袭。底层地面低于室外地坪，这样整座建筑强调了斜坡地形的同时很好的填平了地坪差异导致的设计障碍。住宅好像悬浮在花园上，加强了住宅与周围环境的融合感。

住宅分为两部分，尽管形状不同，第一个最高大的一座包含了起居室，餐厅，厨房和工作室，而后面的体块则包含了两间卧室。每一部分都是精心设计完成的，拥有良好的景观和完整的景观规划。住宅如同从地面上生长出来。

旅行者来到这里一定会被眼前的景象吸引：陡峭的悬崖，繁茂的植被，简约的住宅，波光潋滟的倒影池。游客从窄小的门口通向开阔的起居空间，借以强调封闭的自然与开敞的室内起居之间的对比。

景观和建筑之间不再隔离，转而采用光滑的门窗结构系统相互连接渗透。所有室内空间直接和室外保持着亲密的直接的接触。这里，光与影的舞蹈和在院落中留下的点点树影不断增强着空间的灵动和流畅感。

为了与城镇更好过渡，住宅的外表皮材质和形式也并非始终如一，而是逐步变化的。为了项目更好的与传统相互融合，建筑表面使用了工艺美术专用陶土。不同天气不同湿度时，材质会有不同的变化。

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The site is a splendid plot covering 3,500 m2 with rich and varied flora, very tall trees, and a view towards the layered hills of Valle de Bravo – a town 150 km south-west of Mexico City. The climate is cool in winter (-2°C) while summer temperatures can reach 33°C, heavy rain falls daily between June and October.

For the concept of this project, we asked ourselves whether or not we were capable of building a house that would respect nature to the fullest and forge a connection with the building’s surroundings (without speaking of energy, sustainability, and ecology), and that through its impact and experience would generate that same respect for the natural world.  To do so, we have taken advantage of the slope of the land in order to create visual connections at different elevations with the existing vegetation and landscape beyond.
The house occupies a natural ledge in the hillside, facing the view to the south and turning its back to the winds coming in from the north. The ground drops away beneath the floor, emphasizing the slope of the land and thereby dramatizing the house’s progress through the site. The house evokes the feeling of floating above the garden, accentuating a sense of contact with nature.
Two pavilions, unequal in size, are set in front of the pool area. The first and biggest one contains the living and dining spaces, kitchen and a working studio. The second one: two bedrooms. Each pavilion was carefully placed on the site, incorporating all the existing trees into the program and facing the most important views. The house is deeply rooted in the existing landscape.
Upon arrival, the visitor encounters several experiences: the escarpment, the flora, the house, the reflecting pool. Visitors are received under the protection of a steel enclosure, entering through a small door that leads to the living room, thereby emphasizing the contrast between the closed nature of the entrance and the full openness of the living spaces and the valley itself.
The continuity between landscape and building is stressed by a glazedstructural window system, transcending conventional distinctions between inside and outside. As a result, all the spaces are in direct and intimate contact with the outdoors. The play of light and shadow upon these windows echoes the abstracted shadows of trees cast across the courtyards of the convent in Desierto de los Leones, located near Mexico City.
The cladding of the house evolved progressively in order to fit into the context of the town. An artisanal clay veneer was specially developed for the project, similar in texture to the traditional houses that you notice in the area. Its reaction to the weather causes the material to change constantly in response to varying levels of humidity.