Volcanic Stone House is Geometry and Material. Nothing More.

The order for the residence came with the explicit demand to carry out a construction using stone as the main material. The decision doesn’t necessarily respond to aesthetic reasons but rather to the fact that stone is a commonly used material in the region and has a low maintenance level and cost per square meter built. The MA residence is located in the outskirts of Tepoztlán, a small picturesque village with pre-Hispanic origins that has an urban center. About 60 km from Mexico City, Tepoztlán is characterized by its sunny and mild days throughout the year, as well as its lush nature. Water plays a leading role during the rainy seasons, moments when the vegetation demonstrates the intense vitality of nature. The design of the MA residence is a quest for a luminous, spacious, and comfortable spatiality, built from a material that is initially rigid and cumbersome: stone. With views of two spectacular mountain ranges in frontal positions and neighbors on both sides in the opposite