TMZN

TMZN is a conversation with the sun in which users are spectators of the everyday dialogue.

Being located in Mérida, Yucatán, México, its east-west orientation gives the project some benefits in terms of natural ventilation in the social areas of the house, however, in terms of sunlight the project had to be protected due to high temperatures and direct incidence of the sun, both from the east and the west.

The main idea was to ensure that the interior spaces were not directly affected by the sun, and protect the users from it high temperatures; the other main intention was to create unity in the façades through design. Suspended elements that hang from one side of the land to the other are present on both main orientations, but separated a couple of meters from the general structure of the house, which allows natural ventilation and views toward the sky and vegetation.

The same elements that were intended to protect the house from the sun are the same elements that provide controlled views, order, pattern, rhythm and symmetry.