MM34: Housing in a Historical Setting

Inca Hernandez, Middle Density, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Courtyard, Cultural identity, Cultural legacy, Heritage, Housing, Interior design, Mexico, Mexico City, Power of materiality, Project, Restoration, Transformation

Photography: João Morgado

Mexico City is a historical setting with an enormous cultural and architectural heritage protected in its magical neighborhoods. Tacuba is one of them. Located northwest of downtown, this neighborhood has undergone social and urban transformations that have lasted to this day and where vestiges forged at different times can be found. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Tacuba became one of the wealthiest areas of the city with large country houses. Over time, and due to different political changes, they were abandoned and many collapsed. However, among these vestiges, the house called “Mar Mediterraneo 34” remained.