Domus Áurea

In this post we will discover the relation between the interior and exterior spaces of the Domus Aurea. The house is located in the mountainside, but we can see the skyline of a nearby city from the building, so the house has a certain height from the town level.  However, A.C.B. gave more importance to the mountain views, causing the sensation of isolation from the city centre.  Also, as we´ve seen, throught C.Baeza´s work he has always tried to make the spaces as naturally iluminated as possible, so in this house, he took advantage of the good lighting of the area providing this house with a south orientation.

The interior decoration made by the Mexina architect Gilberto L Rodriguez is luxurious, with an interior lift, a swimming pool and fully equipped rooms. Also, it has a  pool located on the terrace of the last floor of the house, where a rectangular frame from with the emblematic Sierra Madre is seen. The house has a clear symmetry. The visitor enters through a  courtyard with an entrance hall. Inside the space flows between the three floors generating a large room; "a generous central space, sum of two vertical double-height spaces that, when joined vertically displaced, create a feeling of great amplitude. All spaces of the house converge in that central space." - Alberto Campo Baeza     The name comes from the golden light that soaks the entire house from the reflection generated by a large golden wall on the upper floor. It is a tribute to the Mexican architect Luis Barragán who created, with the German painter Mathias Goeritz, similar golden wa

Alberto Campo Baeza is a renowned Spanish architect. Among his works we can find buildings such as those you can see in the instagram account inserted below: Ver esta publicación en Instagram . y digo si me lio Una publicación compartida de Ｄｏｍｕｓａｕｒｅａ (@_domusaurea) el 8 Ene, 2020 a las 11:22 PST Sources: campobaeza.com Wikipedia