{"id":230582,"date":"2023-07-19T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=230582"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T01:13:46","slug":"hw-studio-unveils-enso-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/architect\/hw-studio-unveils-enso-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"HW Studio Unveils “Enso II”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Small complex harmonized with a constructive identity<\/h3>\r\n

H<\/span>W Studio<\/a> is proud to present Enso II, a small home designed in the image of its natural surroundings in Guanajuato, Mexico. Following extensive historical research, it was concluded that there are few places in Mexico with a constructive identity as strong as Guanajuato. That finding is clearly reflected in its architecture, traditional kitchen utensils, aqueducts, legends, and even heroes like Pi\u0301pila, who carries a large rock on his back to protect his regiment against bullets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In the region around Guanajuato, stone is an element deeply rooted in all forms of cultural expression. Accordingly, the material for this architectural piece was easily selected. In addition, there was a materials bank and capable labor nearby; a dialogue of respect between the artifice and its environment was encouraged. The entire complex is organized on the basis of a cruciform plan; thus, the space is divided into four quadrants by a cross of stone alleys defining the paths, framing all moments, and separating one quadrant from the other.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Once divided, a \"vocation\" was assigned to each of these quadrants: the lower right quadrant receives the inhabitants upon their arrival; it has the vocation of housing an endemic garden that reinforces, protects, and welcomes living beings and humans. The second quadrant hosts the cars; special care was taken to the trees during construction, as they would provide shade to protect the cars from the sun. To top it off, a long, barely arched stone wall protects the entrance, avoids looking inside the house, and emphasizes the horizontal presence of the mountain in the background.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In the third quadrant, there is a one-bedroom house; the public spaces are separated from the private ones by a single volume containing bathrooms, a dressing room, and a service area, which breaks with the open floor plan. The fourth quadrant houses the office; this is the only visibly prominent vertical element that contrasts with the horizontality of the landscape and the rest of the elements, a gesture that flirts with the iconic volumes of the Santa Bri\u0301gida mine in Mineral de Pozos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The dispersion of these spaces forces a permanent pilgrimage between spaces; it forces contact with the earth, the air, and the mountain, like an ancient monastery framing the landscape, but at the same time forming a natural part of it.<\/p>\r\n\n\t\t