{"id":115027,"date":"2017-04-18T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/1970-s-house-in-mexico-city-recast-for-indoor-outdoor-living\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T09:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:39:58","slug":"1970-s-house-in-mexico-city-recast-for-indoor-outdoor-living","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/1970-s-house-in-mexico-city-recast-for-indoor-outdoor-living\/","title":{"rendered":"1970&#8217;s House in Mexico City Recast for Indoor-Outdoor Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Six years ago, a real estate developer bought an unremarkable 1970&rsquo;s house in Mexico City with the plan of remodeling it into an exemplar of indoor-outdoor living. It proved impossible, however, to find an architect who shared his vision of transforming the building rather than demolishing it. Then luck struck. On the recommendation of a friend, the developer approached designers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezequielfarca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezequiel Farca and Cristina Grappin<\/a>, who eagerly accepted the challenge of overhauling the home while staying within its existing four-story typology.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezequiel_farca_cristina_grappin_mexico_city_house_indoor_outdoor_space_patio_wm.jpg\" caption=\"true\" width=\"770\" height=\"514\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/514;\" \/><figcaption><span>Floor-to-ceiling glass opens to the garden and lap pool. Photography by Jaime Navarro.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The house needed to work for the client&rsquo;s large, rambunctious family: 10-year-old triplets and a 5-year-old, all boys. Grappin and Farca added the requisite amenities&mdash;a home theater and gym, two terraces, a pool&mdash;while giving the structure a clean-lined face lift.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezequiel_farca_cristina_grappin_mexico_city_house_living_area_wm.jpg\" caption=\"true\" width=\"770\" height=\"570\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/570;\" \/><figcaption><span>Courtyard pavers are honed volcanic stone; the living area&rsquo;s multi-arm floor lamp is by Serge Mouille. Photography by Roland Halbe.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A sense of unpredictability is achieved through hidden doors and movable screens. Walls of frameless glass, hung with sheer drapes, create a seamless visual and physical relationship between the living room and garden. A green roof with trailing plants softens the building&rsquo;s architectural edges. Marble, volcanic stone, and timber, together with an earth-tone palette, add to the sensation of inside-outside continuity and a feeling of unlimited space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"articles\/13134-interior-design-homes-spring-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&gt; See more from the Spring 2017 issue of&nbsp;<em>Interior Design Homes<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezequiel_farca_cristina_grappin_mexico_city_house_bathroom_bathtub_wm.jpg\" caption=\"true\" width=\"770\" height=\"581\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/581;\" \/><figcaption><span>Vein-streaked marble backs a bathroom&rsquo;s freestanding tub<span>. Photography by Roland Halbe<\/span>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><em><span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>Simplicity itself. Practically monastic.<\/span><span> This beach house in Water Mill, New York, by <\/span><em>Interior Design<\/em><span> Hall of Fame members Steven Harris and Lucien Rees <\/span><span>Roberts is a 4,500-square-foot board-formed concrete box poised atop two piers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3527,"featured_media":115029,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_image_focal_point":[],"legacy_django_id":13136},"tags":[6686],"id_tax_domain":[155,16],"id_tax_product":[],"id_tax_program":[],"id_issue":[],"internal_flag":[4220],"class_list":["post-115027","id_project","type-id_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-sponsored","id_tax_domain-homes","id_tax_domain-residential"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1970&#039;s House in Mexico City Recast for Indoor-Outdoor Living - Interior Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Simplicity itself. 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