Built over the course of 40 years and based on the idea that nature wonders us with much more than its beauty, Diego Villaseñor’s first impulse was to evoke the mountain’s skyline as a response to the land. Hence, the rounded ceiling is a reinterpretation of the organic forms of the mountain range, giving the sense of having a house nestled into the hillside. Besides leaning into the vernacular architecture, the house lies within the land softly, like a whisper. As a landscape architect, Ana María insisted on respecting the pre-existing trees and plants rather than imposing them on the site.

The expanded distribution of this five-bedroom house follows the several stages of its completion and also gives the visitors a sensorial experience with the morning sound of birds, the fresh scent of the encino trees, the openness of the site, the ray of light striking through the mountain’s edge at sunset… Casa Ayehualco is a reflection of the life that surrounds it.