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  Project Title

  Casa AV

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  Rafael Pardo Architects

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Arq. Rafael Pardo Ramos

• Project Location
  Xalapa, Mexico
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  January, 2024
• Photographer credit
  Onnis Luque


• Architectural Firm
   
• Architect Firm / Studio Name
  Rafael Pardo Architects
• Lead Architect(s)
  Arq. Rafael Pardo Ramos
• About Firm
  In 2000, Architect Rafael Pardo Ramos founded the Rafael Pardo Architects workshop located in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz. As a workshop practice: the rigorous analysis of the context, spaces and budget of the projects to be carried out. A fundamental part of the consolidation of the firm's architectural language is based on the choice of the construction process and materials. The commitment to astute and rigorous volumetry is a fundamental pillar of the workshop's poetic proposal.
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Casa AV is a project located in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
It lies to the west of the city, on a slope that offers panoramic views of great importance, which lead to two principal focal points. The first, the volcano known as Pico de Orizaba, determines the outline and principal axis of the architectural plan, The second is the Cofre de Perote, a volcano which is the reference point for the views from the lateral façade.
This rotation of the principal axis takes inspiration from the periscope, which searches for a point on the horizon from a relatively hidden position.