Music House celebrates Mexican music, community and history
Music House by Colectivo C733 brings culturally important music and festivities to Nacajuca´s, Mexico daily life. Through the Mesoamerican-rooted “pocho”dance and contemporary programming, this new sustainable building repurposes the foundation of an old building to offer a community center for local gatherings.
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The new Music House Community Center features wood pitched roofs and an open floor plan of 32 by 24 meters. There are large glass pane windows, stacked atop cellars, restrooms and a kitchen for special events. This leaves the upper floor for workshops or a stage for local musicians to play events.
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Next door to the community center and built in the same style is a smaller music school, hedged by a public boulevard between the buildings. The designers say the walls are aligned to the rhythm of the pre-existing structure of the center in such a way that when all its doors are opened, it is possible to look through the entire complex in a cross direction.