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Sunday, June 25, 2023

Ready to soar: inside a dramatic eco home in Mexico

With its recycled vaulted steel roof, and reuse of old wooden packing cases, this stunning Mexican home offers lessons in sustainable chic

Deep in the Mexican countryside of Valle de Bravo – a lush escape about two hours’ drive from Mexico City – Emiliano Garcia and Helene Carlo found the perfect spot to build an eco home. Partners in life and in ASPJ, a Mexican architecture and landscape design studio, the couple had a burning question: can we build more sustainably and cheaper, and in a way that can be widely copied?

“It was important for us to prove its feasibility and to be able to make our structure replicable, not only a one-of-a-kind,” says Garcia. The couple are keen for this type of building to become the rule rather than the exception.

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