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JRB House

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Besides improving the quality of life of those who inhabit it, the project’s main goal is to satisfy the clients’ needs and materialize their ideals. This great house works toward the conservation and preservation of the environment via the implementation of electric energy generation and preservation systems, solar warming, and reuse of residual water. Furthermore, it is as an architectural expression of our time achieved by the implementation of constructive technology in steel structures and prefabricated panels fused to the traditional systems of handmade construction using local workforce, bricks, reinforced concrete, and exposed concrete. These elements are paired alongside the intention of achieving a great architectural body rich in form and content reflecting the roots of modern Mexican architecture. Its great and massive volumes, together with the implementation of new building technologies and visions of our time, are represented by these great protruding sections and clearings, openings, frames, and a sense of “lightness” accomplished by these great masses when they separate from themselves and, in some cases, even from the terrain itself. The exterior spatial design is defined by straight, diagonal, and curved elements made of exposed concrete planted on the ground, which work as a foundation for the architectural ...

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