{"id":23880,"date":"2023-12-04T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/?p=23880"},"modified":"2023-12-04T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:11:35","slug":"casa-chaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/interventions\/casa-chaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Chak\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Discover <strong>Casa Chak\u00e1<\/strong> by Quesnel Arqs., an architectural project with a design based on four fundamental criteria and a beautiful central courtyard as its heart.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The project is <strong>located in the north of the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx\/20-cosas-que-hacer-en-merida-yucatan.html\">M\u00e9rida<\/a><\/strong>, in the Yucat\u00e1n peninsula, Mexico; within one of the main high-growth urban areas of the same. The project is located on an irregularly shaped piece of land, <strong>conceived as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/history-and-culture\/urban-oases-a-new-alternative-to-mitigate-the-effects-of-climate-change\/\">urban oasis<\/a>, a space for natural and artistic contemplation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23865\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23865\" class=\"wp-image-23865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-1536x1353.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-2048x1804.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-05-min-600x528.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Architectural plans. <br \/>Ilustration: Quesnel Arqs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As a whole, the project is governed by <strong>four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/history-and-culture\/design-through-understanding-the-environment\/\">design criteria<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>En conjunto el proyecto se rige de <strong>cuatro criterios de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/historia-y-cultura\/diseno-a-traves-del-entendimiento-del-entorno\/\">dise\u00f1o<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Spatial scheme of the central patio: <\/strong>The spatial scheme is a modern interpretation of the typology of the central patio, representative of the mansions of the historic center of the region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/plantae-and-fauna\/the-importance-of-the-plant-list-in-landscape-design\/\">plant palette<\/a> as a transversal axis that connects the interior and exterior spaces<\/strong>, causing a continuity between the natural and the inhabited space, developing a fluid narrative of the environment, from beginning to end, causing the sensation of continuity between the natural and the inhabited space.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spatial transition:<\/strong> The spatial transition, both vertically and horizontally, creates a visual continuity between all the project spaces at different levels; the same compositional axis is a visual axis that takes you from the street to the back garden, inviting you to explore it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The integration of the natural into the inhabited space is gradual<\/strong>, from minor to major, beginning with the main access until culminating with the social area, through a horizontal distribution in four blocks: the first block is the hallway, a term referring to the space that receives you, contains you and prepares you; secondly, a vestibule that reveals the space without reaching it, and finally a space for transition and contemplation, which connects with the natural area in its total splendor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_23867\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23867\" class=\"wp-image-23867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-07-min-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Continuity between nature and inhabited space.<br \/>Photography: David Cervera Castro<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe project is located on an irregularly shaped piece of land, conceived as an urban oasis, a space for natural and artistic contemplation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The architectural program is developed in <strong>three volumes on two levels with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/history-and-culture\/the-courtyard-an-opening-to-heaven\/\">central courtyard<\/a><\/strong> that articulates and integrates both with the exterior through large openings, thus favoring the <strong>entry of light and natural ventilation<\/strong> to the public and private areas of the project.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23884\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23884\" class=\"wp-image-23884 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-04-min-1-e1701284812881-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-04-min-1-e1701284812881-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-04-min-1-e1701284812881-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-04-min-1-e1701284812881-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-04-min-1-e1701284812881-600x507.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-04-min-1-e1701284812881.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central patio. <br \/>Photography: David Cervera Castro<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The central patio becomes the heart of the composition<\/strong>, resulting in a changing space and <strong>putting the user in direct contact with the outside<\/strong>, which can be seen from the moment the house is entered, having as a first sensation a double-height open space that has as a visual finish the entire project itself.<\/p>\n<p>The public area is distributed on the first level and <strong>is articulated by a general circulation that crosses the entire project, framed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/history-and-culture\/the-courtyard-heritage-and-tradition-of-domestic-open-spaces-since-antiquity\/\">central patio<\/a><\/strong> to later form the kitchen space and ending with the dining room, which in turn is integrated with the double height terrace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23886\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23886\" class=\"wp-image-23886 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826-1024x868.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826-1536x1302.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826-600x509.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-03-min-1-scaled-e1701285056826.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Access. <br \/>Fotograf\u00eda: David Cervera Castro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the upper part is the most private area, in which the general circulation that connects the two rooms, although it is still integrated into the central patio, <strong>has more restricted visuals that moderate and regulate the light, generating more pleasant environments to be in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A concept of materiality of a local character characteristic of the <strong>use of finishes from the region such as Mayan cream quarry<\/strong>, flattened fine stucco unique to the region such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admagazine.com\/arquitectura\/chukum-el-estilo-de-acabado-natural-mas-utilizado-en-la-riviera-maya-20210101-7917-articulos\">chukum<\/a>, fine wood such as <a href=\"https:\/\/maderas-comerciales-tropicales.cnf.gob.mx\/especies\/detalle\/tzalam\">tzalam<\/a>. A knowledge inherited from the Mayan culture, is the <strong>process of making a fine stucco named chukum<\/strong>, in honor of the tree of the region from which the resin is extracted for its production with artisan techniques.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Its use is not limited to interior and exterior walls<\/strong>, but <strong>is known for the effect of turquoise water in pools<\/strong>, giving beauty to the water fountains present in the landscape of the social area of the backyard \u201cthe pool\u201d and the pond of the central courtyard of the project.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23873\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23873\" class=\"wp-image-23873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Casa-Chaka-12-min-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining room. <br \/>Photography: David Cervera Castro<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Casa Chak\u00e1 by Quesnel Arqs., an architectural project with a design based on four fundamental criteria and a beautiful central courtyard as its heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":23864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,1400,1398,1542,1535,1139,1538,793,1148,1544,1541,296,498,1536,1543,243,636,1537,1540,796,1351,1539,1397,1396,391,1223,621,1443,399,1545,1534],"class_list":["post-23880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interventions","tag-architecture","tag-arquitectura-en","tag-arquitectura-biofilica-en","tag-artisanal-technique","tag-artistic","tag-biophilic-architecture","tag-central-patio","tag-chukum-en","tag-ed-28-biophilic-architecture","tag-exterior-walls","tag-fine-stucco","tag-garden","tag-habitat","tag-integration","tag-interior-walls","tag-landscape","tag-landscaping","tag-levels","tag-mayan-culture","tag-natural-en","tag-natural-light","tag-natural-ventilation","tag-paisaje-en","tag-paisajismo-en","tag-project","tag-space","tag-species","tag-swimming-pool","tag-trees","tag-tzalam-en","tag-urban-area"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23890,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880\/revisions\/23890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}