Casa PYE Cuernavaca by Lopez Duplan Arquitectos
Casa PYE Cuernavaca lands in Cuernavaca, Mexico, as a grounded study in renewal by Lopez Duplan Arquitectos. The 1990s house becomes a generous family retreat with refreshed rooms, larger social areas, and a tighter bond to its shared garden. Designed in 2024, it balances continuity and change through a simplified palette, smart systems, and playful bedrooms that invite children to make lasting memories.
Late sun pours across the garden and slides into the house. A widened pool deck draws the family out while courtyards pull daylight deep into the rooms.
This is a house for weekends and growing kids, a country retreat in Cuernavaca, Mexico, reworked by Lopez Duplan Arquitectos in 2024. The project preserves the 1990s structure and redirects daily life toward shared gardens, larger gathering zones, and quieter bedrooms that open to private patios for light and air.
Open Living, Clear Flow
Public areas expand to make room for family clusters and frequent guests. Circulation is simplified so movement from kitchen to terrace to pool feels direct, with doors and thresholds set to shorten routes and keep sightlines to the garden alive. The social rhythm holds outside too, where the enlarged deck becomes the day’s anchor for meals, conversations, and unplanned swims.
Patios Shape Privacy
Ground-floor bedrooms gain interior patios that fold greenery and daylight into daily routines. These small courts extend each room without sacrificing seclusion, letting parents and children read, nap, or share a quiet breakfast while hearing the garden beyond. The result is calm: nature close at hand, noise kept low, and a steady breeze through tall openings.
Play Built In
Children’s rooms are arranged for play first, rest second. Furnishings double as play surfaces and storage, turning the end of the day into a gentle reset rather than a full cleanup. On weekends, beds frame impromptu forts and floors clear for games; at night the rooms return to order with durable pieces ready for the next round.
Simplified Palette, Long Use
Five principal materials steady the house and keep maintenance manageable over time. A restrained range of colors ties living rooms, bedrooms, and terraces together, so transitions feel natural and the garden remains the visual lead. Furniture and accessories are chosen for longevity and warmth, intended to serve daily needs now and endure the wear of family life.
Tech That Disappears
Lighting and sound shift by scene across every room without drawing attention. Subtle controls handle gatherings, quiet evenings, and late arrivals, keeping moods consistent from the pool to the bedrooms (and saving late-night steps). The system supports how the family lives—less fiddling, more time together.
By holding onto the original bones and strengthening ties to the outdoors, the renovation gives the house fresh rhythm without noise. Morning light washes the patios, afternoons collect on the deck, and evenings settle back inside with soft sound and easy glow. It’s built for the long haul, one day’s routine at a time.
Photography by Jorge Guadarrama
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