Description
A practical house in terms of size, comfortable in layout, and centrally located within the coveted historical, cultural, and touristic area of Coyoacán. But with one exception from that loud and vibrant Coyoacan: the silence and tranquility that envelops this street and home are insane. And if that weren't enough, the house was completely renovated and restored in 2018, including both the plumbing, electrical installations, and its aesthetics. Looking into its aesthetics, it's worth mentioning the personality that defines this home. There are languages that subtly dance within its walls: The artists involved in its construction include the Italian sculptor Daniele Crepaldi (door to the living room), whose canvases, through oxides and tar, integrate time and its erosion ("chronomatter"). The visual artist Joel Rendón (vertical mural in the patio) glimpses a jaguar hidden in the jungle (a vertical garden designed with that intention), stalking and threatening. This mural is inspired by the Red Jaguar inside the Chichén Itzá pyramid. The ceramic covering it was fired at the Experimental Ceramics Workshop in Coyoacán. The costumes hanging in the studio are from the state of Guerrero and allude to the dance of the tecuanes (tecuans) as they attempt to hunt the jaguar ("tecuani" in Nahuatl) in a play of contrasts between the two patios (the front and the back, where the jaguar hides, thus hunting each other), which interconnect and interpellate through Daniele Crepaldi's ephemeral portal (door). On the other hand, in the jaguar patio, we have "Symphony," an iron "anti-table" by set designer, dancer, and visual artist María de los Ángeles González Rangel. It is an immovable witness within an elusive object. An intimate retreat for gatherings and the spirit that summons them. Finally, we have Kukulkán or Quetzalcoatl, accompanying the inhabitants and visitors as they ascend and descend the staircase. The design is by the aforementioned Joel Rendón, and the glass-ceramic work was done by the French artist Helena Hospital. The blue glass skylight that covers the space enigmatically envelops the inhabitants' transits. The entire artistic decoration itself—the lapis lazuli blue of the stairs, the cinnabar or cochineal red that surrounds the house, and the tezontle volcanic stones that cement the home—is a tribute that fuses and makes cultural allusions to native Mexico and its core cultures: Teotihuacán, Oaxaca, and Chichen Itzá. The finest detail is, without a doubt, the courtyard's geometries that play with the sun. At certain times of the year, the feathered serpent (Kukulkán or Quetzalcóatl) descends upon Casa Jaguar, amidst shadows and lights. A spectacle designed in every corner. Speaking in terms of the aforementioned functionality and practicality, the house, being renovated and practically new (2018) in finishes, is ready to be moved in immediately. It features a full kitchen with an island, a wine cellar, a studio-workshop, an automatic gate, security cameras, an intercom in different parts of the house, three bedrooms each with their own full bathroom, a guest half bathroom, a utility room, a laundry area, a roof with enormous potential to create a spectacular roof garden, and, as icing on the cake, the original and unique divine tezontle patio dressed with its jungle wall and pond that harmonize with the silence of the area. Don't miss the opportunity to live in a model of a house without complications and an authentic art installation in the quietest area of the emblematic Coyoacán.
