ALL ABOUT COLORS !!

Filled with color and texture, here's a hostel located in one of my favorites sectors in Mexico City, La Condesa. An eye catcher for the contemporary urban traveler with a pink double skin facade, the hostel La Buena Vida does stand out from it's neighboring buildings.

Inside, the surprises keep visitors intrigued. The colors yellow, blue and predominantly "mexican pink" plus graphic skulls in the walls integrate the mexican tradition into the spatial experience of the hostel. Would love to stay here and drink a michelada with lots of hot sauce looking at the city view from the terrace. Maybe i will, when I visit Mexico City again.

•   Hostal La Buena Vida (The Good Life Hostel) @ La Condesa, Mexico City by ARCO Arquitectura Contemporánea, 2011.

"THE DETAILS ARE NOT THE DETAILS, THEY MAKE THE DESIGN." -CHARLES EAMES

CUT & FOLD

Icosidodecahedrons.. yupp, yupp, that's exactly the word i was looking for. This diamond looking ornaments are easy to make with a "cut & fold" method. Choose any color or size you like and you have a conversation piece made out of paper for an important area. Simple, economic and most of all: FUN !!  

 

• Chroma Lab: DIY Geometric Paper Ornaments 

THE SAIL HOUSE

A distorted, amorphous, very interesting "sail" inspired volume emerges as a small residence called K House in Japan. With the site being a steep slanting slope, nature nearby and feeling of the town close were the clients aspirations to integrate into the design. From a practical point of view, the cliff also inspired the form based on what the client wanted. For the firm a "sail" was used as the main concept to create both spacial impact and form. Talk about poetry, uuh ? 

• K House @ Japan by D.I.G Architects, 2012.