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Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala by Angel Valerio and Diego Vilatela

Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala by Angel Valerio and Diego Vilatela is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ezokwakha, Izakhiwo Nezinhlaka Competition Category.


IsilivaEzokwakha· 2023

Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala

by Angel Valerio and Diego Vilatela

Client: Proyecto Cafeína

Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Winner in Ezokwakha Category

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The Design

About Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala

Idizayinelwe kusukela kufilosofi yomklamo wokubamba iqhaza owenziwe ngokwezifiso okusezingeni eliphezulu, le ndlu yakhiwe ngezitini, izinto ezisetshenziswa kakhulu esifundeni saseSan Pedro Cholula ngendlela yokhokho kusukela olwazini lwabasebenzi bendawo ohlelweni lokwakha. Isikhumba esiyinhloko sendlu sinamafomethi angu-3 okuhlalisa izitini; udonga oluphindwe kabili, i-lattice, kanye ne-spike kusukela lapho ukugqama kwayo kuqala khona, okusatshalaliswa ngendlela yokusebenza ukuze kuvalwe, kuzuza ukukhanya kwemvelo noma kungenisa umoya ezindaweni ezingaphakathi ngamafasitela avulekayo nezinye izikhathi nge-facade ephindwe kabili eqinile.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala iwinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile ngokungajwayelekile okunikezwa imiklamo esezingeni eliphezulu, ebukekayo nethinta kakhulu. Abawinile beSiliva yimisebenzi egqamile kakhulu nedala kakhulu ebonisa ubungcweti obuphawulekayo, italente nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala ilindeleke ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omuhle wesibonelo, onobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezijulile. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award uyinto entsha ebonakala kakhulu nethakazelisayo esiza futhi isunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Saint Peter House Indawo Yokuhlala iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The main skin of the house has 3 formats for accommodating the brikcs; double wall, lattice and spike from where its expressiveness starts, which are distributed in a functional way to close, gain natural light or ventilate the interior spaces with windows in openings and other times through a double semi-solid facade between the brick wall and glass, getting privacy and staying safe.
Dimensions & Packaging
Built surface 118 m2
The project has the possibility of progression, so that the client himself can build and explore other materials, textures or colors in the composition of the future architecture
Tags
innovation, sophistication, comfort, proyectocafeina, brick, design, architecture,
Production Technology
Hand made bricks, some artifacts are manufactured by means of different materials and local crafts such as sinks, inspired by metate, a pre-Hispanic material of volcanic origin and high resistance made by artisan women. Metal lighting fixtures and switches manufactured by blacksmiths and turners from an exclusive design.
Design Challenge
The house is architecturally designed so that it responds adequately without the need for high maintenance over time to the adverse climate of Cholula of more than 2000 meters above sea level, close to the tropic of cancer and at a distance of approximately 50 km from the crater of the active volcano Popocatepetl that in Nahuatl local language means mountain that smokes.
Research
It is an example of the creative potential that exists through the relationship between workers, architects and clients in an inclusive, equitable and diverse setting where the parties actively intervene in the architectural process providing autonomy, resilience and well-being
Inspiration
Designed from the philosophy of participatory design low tech high customization, this house is conceived from the bricks, a material widely used in San Pedro Cholula region in an ancestral way from the knowledge of the local workforce in the construction system. Through the collaboration between workers, architects and the client, a house of high sophistication is achieved through plasticity.
Project Duration
Duration: 12 months
Location: San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Operation Flow
One of the most relevant architectural design factors arises precisely from the possibility of housing growth in the medium or long term, leaving preparations in structure and facilities to be able to house other spaces as it goes growing the family or its purchasing power.
Patents
Proyecto Cafeína
Team Members
Project Directors: Angel Valerio, Diego Vilatela
Architecture: Roberto Martinez, Leonardo Neve
Engineering: Sebastian Serrano
Construction: Jennifer Montelongo
Marketing: Ana Montes, Guadalupe Tlatelpa
Photography: Patrick Lopez
Image Credits
Proyecto Cafeína

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