The Hill in Front of the Glen by HW Studio
The Hill in Front of the Glen is a concrete retreat located in Morelia, Mexico, designed in 2021 by HW Studio.
Description
The idea that originated this project came from the subtle murmurs whispered by an environment like this, which were carefully listened to, and from the client’s search for protection and shelter.
How can one feel protected" and in any case, what can be done when feeling vulnerable" This question was accompanied by an image or perhaps a memory: that of a frightened child covering himself with a light bed sheet as he looks out to make sure he sees what is going on around him.
Pulling a bed sheet to cover up is a very elemental act that alludes to the most basic part of the self; a bed sheet hides, protects, wraps, and creates a space underneath so safe and intimate that it is able to keep away any spirit, ghost, or demon that may be surrounding the room. At the same time, it generates a continuity in the beautiful living surface around the land, forming a new hill in a place already surrounded by many of them.
The architecture should be in this case an accent on the words of the poem, a comma, or in any case a question mark, but it should never be the poem itself. The poem is already given by the pines, the oaks, the sweet acacia, the fireflies, the road, the fence, the neighbor’s water well, the earth, the orchard, and the nightingale.
Such accents in the poem were four concrete walls that emerged surprisingly ...
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