MEXICO CITY

The Studio’s first ground-up build finds both solace and togetherness in a one-room pavilion envisioned as a family retreat unfolding in the garden behind the main home, enveloped and enlivened in a thatch of greenery. Large glass doors framed in crimson connect the internal living space with an outdoor seating area sheltered by the pavilion’s extended roof, while monumental picture windows frame the lush vegetation enticing on the perimeter walls. 

A pleasing admixture of provenance and period fulfills the desire to “mess up the hair of the house”: custom furniture of the Studio’s own design — a sofa the color of saffron, tactile tables hewn from local lava stone; vintage Postwar examples — Pierre Chapo, Jeanerret, Noguchi. A bar of locally-sculpted brass rings a half-round form that hugs the structure, creating a self-contained entertaining space.

The Studio’s involvement extends into the main house, where it reimagined several rooms and interior architecture. Terracotta tiles in the bathroom tap into the heritage of Mexican craft. Barragan-inspired shutters frame the windows, a custom pattern Nepalese silk rug stretches across the floor like a sun-baked field.