The chosen construction system is based on hollow brick load-bearing walls and beam/block floor slabs. Exposed brick was used for the interior, while the exterior has a cement render, creating a monolithic appearance. This unconventional use of exposed brick inverts the finishes: the brick that we usually find on external wall surfaces is employed here in the interior, creating a warmer feel to the rooms. As a result, the interior spaces present a striking texture that is balanced with the simple terrazzo floors and exposed concrete beam ceilings. The external terraces complete the composition, functioning as immediate extensions of the interior spaces with the beam/block floor slabs continuing outside, while the exposed brick is repeated in the floors.
Tello House, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Program: single family house
Architect: Productora – Carlos Bedoya, Víctor Jaime, Wonne Ickx, Abel Perles
Collaborators: Gerardo Aguilar, Mateo Agudelo
Structural engineering: Kaltia – Verónica Correa
Contractor: Roger Desdier Tello
Client: Tello family
Area: 180 sqm
Completion: 2016