Casa Carvallo is located in the western area of San Luis Potosí, adjacent to the Sierra de San Miguelito reserve: an area between the limits of urbanization and nature that in the coming years will be devoured by the urban sprawl, eliminating all traces of nature, so it is suggested as an ideal - and as a client requirement - a country house wrapped in the city as a memory of what was once a natural environment.

There are several key elements that enhance this atmosphere, starting from how the house works. The monolithic volumes of inclined slabs are organically arranged on the perimeter of a highly irregular lot, creating negative spaces that function as patios between volumes that achieve a link with the exterior between each area and introduce natural light from various angles to the same space. The rays of the west are filtered by strategically planted trees, making the interior atmosphere blurred into the interior.

A bridge functions as an artifact of bond and separation, this element arises from a particular requirement since the family is made up of a couple with children not in common. Thus the program responds to a particular function where the couple lives on the ground floor in the loft and the children live on the upper floor, each on one side of the bridge. In turn, this bridge is the perceptual element that creates an entrance hall to the home. In the hallway there is an oak that welcomes you to the house.

The material palette expresses a priori its desire to belong to a natural environment that exists just a few meters away. The material palette used is raw materials, the facade is completely wrapped in a pigmented brick, managing to express the volumes as monoliths. The outdoor floors are made of porphyry extracted in the area in different formats and finishes. The rusty steel and tzalam wood evoke a natural nostalgia where the passage of time will soon be evident.