Hogsons Smoke House, Mexican Architecture, Yucatán Commercial Building, Architecture Photos
Hogsons Smoke House in Mérida
12 Mar 2020
Hogsons Smoke House
Design: R79 taller de arquitectura
Location: Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

With several years of path and delighting the most demanding palates in Yucatan, GLaR decided to start a new gastronomic adventure, on the same steaky line but this time with a new approach, resulting from traveling and the enthusiasm for Texan cooking.

The first step was finding the perfect place, so after months of search, it was found, a little jewel in a quiet area in the north of the city. It was suspended on time; the past owner was an old lady with a particular taste in gardening. This was the triggering point: the lush vegetation.
During the initial designing meetings on the site, for Hogsons Smoke House , we declared a guiding principle: Celebrate Green. Transform a space originally designed for housing to a commercial use represented a challenge, but the house actually helped in a big way, the distribution in the spaces were very simple so there were a few subtle interventions necessary in the layout.

Two levels were proposed for the commensal area, because of the volume needed, in the main room a space with double ? height in the middle was possible thanks to the demolition of a part from the mezzanine, in the second floor some walls were demolished too so we can make room to create small areas more private and exclusive. This action a...