Excerpt: Paraiso, designed by PPAA Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados, is a weekend house within a golf course in a residential area. The main design intention in this project was to create a sense of openness on its rear side, as it enjoys a panoramic view of the golf course and a mountain chain on the horizon. LCMX interior design stressed the contrast between the building’s materials: Guanacaste, hardwood, steel, granite stone and concrete.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] Paraiso is a weekend house within a golf course in a residential area near Cuernavaca, Morelos. It stands on flat ground, neighbouring two-story houses on both sides. Our main design intention in this project was to create the sense of openness on its rear side, as it enjoys of a panoramic view of the golf course and a mountain chain on the horizon. The design presents a single-story house with two major openings; one facing south located on the street, and the other facing north on the backside where all outdoor and most social activities take place. Here, low-rise vegetation and trees, instead of walls or fences, mark the house’s boundaries by precisely blurring any limit between the golf course and the patio.
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_Drawings-2.jpg)
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_Drawings-3.jpg)
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_img-1.jpg)
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_img-12.jpg)
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LCMX interior design stressed contrast between the building’s materials: guanacastle, hardwood, steel, granite stone and concrete. All the pieces were created with special attention to detail, under both artisanal and modern production processes.
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_img-11.jpg)
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_img-16.jpg)
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_img-10.jpg)
![Paraiso | Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados](https://cdn.archidiaries.com/2021/01/Paraiso_img-7.jpg)