Coliving Interlomas

Coliving Interlomas is a student residence project in the State of Mexico that combines living and studying in community, optimizing spaces in a cohabitation system. With four floors, the design includes bedrooms and common spaces such as two study rooms, a recreation area, two lounges in the roof garden, kitchens, dining room, gym and maintenance areas.
The architecture arises from volumetric experimentation on the site, creating private and shared areas for twelve students. Three levels of privacy are established: bedrooms, internal common spaces and common areas with exterior connection. The initial volume is divided into four towers that contain the bedrooms, while the spaces in between promote community life.
The project incorporates the concept of making a city on a micro scale, with leisure, recreation and rest areas. The proposal seeks a dignified and sustainable coexistence, focused on the use of space and daily life, projecting new ways of living in the future.
It reinterprets the house-patio dichotomy through interior courtyards for each space, providing natural lighting, ventilation and vegetation. Striated concrete is used as the main material, providing character and uniqueness to the project, while fixed wooden furniture creates visual contrasts and defines the shared spaces. The landscape design integrates productive vegetation, such as passionflower, lemon, lime and guava, for nutritional as well as aesthetic purposes.