La Boca Pavilion
Year
Location
Status
Co-authors
2023
Santiago, NL, Mexico
Built
Adrián Flores, Carolina Segura, David de la Garza
The project is structured around the tension between two bodies. A vertical, stereotomic volume concentrates the service spaces. From this solid block, a tectonic volume emerges: open, light, and projected toward the garden.
The house floats. The ground floor is freed to extend the garden inward and, when needed, connect it directly to the street through the garage. Resting on this base of air is a glass volume that is not a single, specific room but many at once: a painting studio, playroom, or improvised tatami for taekwondo. A transparent space with garden views that adapts to the family’s shifting interests.
The project also establishes a singular relationship with the neighboring house: connected through the garden, yet maintaining its independence. The link takes shape as a sculptural cylinder that condenses movement and play. In one continuous gesture, a staircase ascends toward the existing terrace while a slide descends to the new house’s pool. The gesture replaces the former cantilevered stair that depended on the dividing wall. Once the wall disappears, an autonomous, continuous object appears, articulating both houses.
The project’s concept emerged during a moment of introspection; amid the pandemic, when the family began questioning their ways of living and imagining spaces capable of hosting multiple activities simultaneously. The result is an open, flexible house that adapts to evolving interests and connects directly to the garden, transforming it into a true extension of the domestic space.