LAS MANDARINAS

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Piero Demichelis
Monterrey, Mexico
7000 sqm
420 sqm
Reinforced concrete & Brick

Las Mandarinas is a weekend residence located one hour from Monterrey, within a polo complex set on a former mandarin orchard. The project takes the existing agricultural grid as its point of departure, inserting the house within this geometry and preserving the logic of the plantation.

A series of patios are carved from this grid, each organized around a single mandarin tree, allowing the orchard to permeate the domestic space. At the center, an open volume anchors the house—an expansive living area that extends directly into the garden. From this core, the private spaces branch out, forming a constellation of rooms that maintain a close relationship with the landscape.

Constructed with artisanal brick and reinforced concrete, the house balances solidity and warmth. The material palette emphasizes texture and permanence, while the spatial arrangement allows light, air, and vegetation to define the experience of inhabitation.

The result is a house that grows from its context—an architecture that does not replace the orchard, but reorganizes it into a new domestic landscape.