VINEYARD HOUSE is located in a Vineyard & Residences exclusive development in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Where each lot has a private vineyard for the cultivation of the vine, adding a total of 100,000m2 of vineyards in which there are up to 7 different types of plants vines.

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The house designed for the fractional concept, a set of planes was proposed with the walls and ceiling to give it movement and visual interest, and at the same time to help the volumetry relate to the surrounding landscape, as with the vineyard itself. Therefore, it was always sought to have panoramic views of the surroundings, making the most of the views of the lot itself without this implying in any way obstructing the views of the neighbors.

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We achieved it by turning the house 60 degrees on the axis of the lineament giving an east-west orientation, and with the best views to the vineyards, three volumes aligned on the same north-south axis, are developed on two levels with a sloping roof with the greatest inclination and opening to the east, and the central volume with an opposite inclination and developed on one level where there is a double height in the living area.

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In the upper part of the two lateral volumes are the private areas, 5 bedrooms, on the upper floor and 1 guestroom on the ground floor. At the north-facing part of the volume is located the service area, a cellar, 2 service bedrooms, a laundry room and a double kitchen. Because of the dimension of the house, we proposed two kitchens, an open one integrated to the dining room, and a more private interior kitchen that is more integrate into the service area for the staff.

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Due to the extreme weather in San Miguel de Allende, where it is very dry climate with low temperatures at night, the house was built with a double skin; the walls are made of double row of concrete blocks with a thermal separation and covered some areas with local white stone. Th roofs with inclinations between 18% and 20% are made of reinforced concrete, covered on the outside with half-round natural colored terracotta tiles, and on the inside with wood. Both the chimney flues and the front access wall where there is a reflecting pool, area painted in a Mexican Purple color, to give certain identity and reflects how picturesque the colonial city of San Miguel de Allende is.