The Black Cabin is a project designed by Revolution Architects and is located at Desierto de los Leones woods, in the west part of Mexico City. The terrain is surrounded by nature within the vast city.

“Here we found great amount of trees, allowing a natural visual filter towards the highway and the near constructions. It is a private space, isolated of visual pollution and acoustic disturbance.”

Objective:

The main objective of the project, was to create a space for our clients and friends that could be ready as soon as possible. The haste of inhabit it in so short notice made us think of a constructive system that could be more efficient without raising the cost and handling the balance planned from the beginning.
Also we had to design and build exclusively the spaces that were really needed, letting go of any extras and fitting each measure to their style and way of life. A compact and useful project was the best choice because we agreed that the luxury was on the exterior, the woods.
Concept:

This project, being in the middle of the woods, full of trees and nature inspired us to create a cabin.

We knew that it could not be an ordinary cabin, and we had the goal of making it a sustainable home, although we had the margin of budget and time.

First thing we did was to analize the program that the client asked for, that stood mainly in the way the space should be organized. We created 3 modules: Private, semi-public and public....