Designed by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, the Apan Prototype is part of the project “Del Territorio al Habitante” ("From the Territory to the Inhabitant").

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Architect: Francisco Pardo Arquitecto
Client: INFONAVIT (Housing Institute of México), CIDS (Investigation Center for Sustainable Development)
Location: Apan, Hidalgo, México
Year: 2019
GFA: 36 sq.m.
Design Team: Francisco Pardo, Ivan Saucedo, Karen Burkart, Wilfrido Estrada, Víctor Cruz, Sophia Alami, Daniel Vázquez, Erick Trejo
Photography: Jaime Navarro

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

From the architect: This research program, promoted by INFONAVIT (Housing Institute of Mexico) through the Investigation Center for Sustainable Development (CIDS), seeks to improve the quality of rural-housing and assisted self-construction in the Mexican territory.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

The project, which includes experimental proposals by several architectural studios, inspired the creation of a Housing Laboratory in Apan, Hidalgo (Mexico), where 32 housing prototypes were built with the purpose of studying social housing in specific local contexts throughout different regions of Mexico.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Among the others, the systemic prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto is intended to be developed in various rural sites of the municipality of Panotla, in the state of Tlaxcala (Mexico) and is made up of several parts, related through a set of rules and procedures that keep them together and regulate their collective functioning.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

In this proposal, two main elements are the matrix of parceling. First, a perimeter of 8 meters in diameter made of eight wooden fences – of 3 meters each – which circumscribes 50 sqm of private land to enclose the house and to be used for agriculture or livestock. Second, a block structure, with a base of 18 sqm, which includes a small kitchenette, a bathroom and a free space that can be turned into a bedroom. In the upper part, a further multipurpose space can be used as a warehouse to store crops or materials.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

The Apan Prototype facilitates the adaptation of its exterior and interior environments to the inhabitants’ needs: the private land expands as the family or production grows; while the second internal floor can be used for more specific purposes, even converting the residence into a 36 sqm housing unit.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

The spaces on the ground floor are clearly organized and oriented along perpendicular axes, and physically connect to the external yard to encourage its cultivation; while the versatile second floor features large windows that open onto the surrounding landscape.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Externally, the house has no clear front: it stands out as an iconic object in the landscape, raised off the ground, with its standard, typological shape – that of a generic house – as the primary feature. The circular, modular fence works at community scale, fostering integration rather than separation between adjacent constructions, while simultaneously creating individual green spaces and public areas with different morphologies and uses.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

The habits of each family shape the private rooms, while collective self-regulation designs the intermediate spaces between the single parcels, molding social and shareable programs.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Francisco Pardo’s residential model – as the overall initiative – effectively offers the opportunity, to families with more modest means and in confined spaces, to personalize daily domesticity, making the inhabitants feel part of a community and consolidating the link between them and the territory.

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

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Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Apan Prototype by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

Designed by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, the Apan Prototype is part of the project Del Territorio al Habitante (From the Territory to the Inhabitant)...

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