Photography by Rory Gardiner.
In the heart of a Mexican pine forest by Ludwig Godefroy
PROJECTS 15.10.24
Ludwig Godefroy is a Mexico City-based architect who has created an exceptional holiday home in brutalist concrete - there is nothing else like it. He wanted the house to "look like a cube that crashed on the floor among the trees," which it certainly does. It stands proud, tall and unapologetic as it towers among the forest and pine trees.
An angled wall creates a barrier along the entry walkway in front of the door and a heavy, swooping awning tips up on the corner of the house, while thin vertical windows puncture the facade. Designed to be like a vault, remote in the forest, it offers a sanctuary to anyone who enters.
Guests are greeted by a cathedral like interior, flooded with light from above, the double-height living room showcases a conversational pit / chill out zone with upholstery in forest green, reflecting the nature surrounding it.
Due to the tricky terrain, the plan prioritizes height over width, opting for a compact, stacked footprint measuring 81 square meters (870 square feet). The interior spaces are all oriented upwards to the sky and surrounding treetops. Composed of five half-levels, the rooms act as a series of mezzanine levels, with built-in concrete furniture and wooden finished floors, whose thin profile is visible on the edge of the stair treads.
LOEWE
DIPTYQUE
LALIQUE
LAURA HAMMETT LIVING
