This house is called La Casa Caja, also known as Modern Box House. Looking at its appearance, it is not difficult to understand the reason for the name.
Located in the suburbs of Monterrey, the third largest city in Mexico, it is defined as a large gray box containing many small boxes. It is a two-story concrete building that looks like a vacation home or an artists studio. In fact, the owners of this house are the family of stonemason Jesus Galvan. Even more surprising is that it was surprisingly cheap to build, costing only $11,600!
The house was designed by Mexico-based architecture agency S-AR. Under the promotion of charity projects, it mainly builds low-priced houses with good structure and meeting peoples living needs for low-income people. S-AR is an architectural company that originally started in Monterrey. It was founded in 2003 by César Guerrero, Ana Cecilia Garza, Carlos Flores and María Sevilla. The companys work focuses on the development of architectural and urban design projects.
A passage is deliberately left next to the house so that sunlight can shine into the house in large areas, bringing natural light and good air circulation home! The first floor is the dining room and living room, a free and open space. The second floor is a private area belonging to individuals. The walls of the entire house are made of concrete blocks. In this hot Mexican land, in addition to showing a full sense of modernity, I think it also has a visual cooling effect! The most important thing is that in this building Behind the modern beauty of the building, the public welfare and social spirit it contains is even more admirable.
