Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena Is Raffling Off His Latest Home for Charity
The Chilean architect has donated an epic concrete residence to Sorteos Tec Tradicional, an annual lottery that funds scholarships for students in Mexico.
The Chilean architect has donated an epic concrete residence to Sorteos Tec Tradicional, an annual lottery that funds scholarships for students in Mexico.
In a hilly neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico, stands a castle-like home, cylindrical and monolithic. Larger-than-life cutouts in the facade look like they were taken with a massive clay knife. On the top level, a suite connects to patios where parapets block out the city while the cutouts frame epic mountain views. Surely, the home is a millionaire’s fantasy come to life. But in reality, this is anyone’s fantasy.
To create Casa del Tec, the grand prize for Solteos Tec Tradicional, a lottery in Mexico that funds scholarships for higher eduction, Chilean firm Elemental referenced castle design. "They are fortresses turned inward, protecting something inside that we cannot see. They are simultaneously strong and monumental, and have an abstract presence in the world. Castles are introverted, but not shy."
Courtesy of Elemental
The roughly 6,000-square-foot residence, along with two Mercedes and a bank check, a value of roughly $3.7 million USD, is the grand prize for Mexico’s Sorteos Tec Tradicional lottery, a raffle that funds scholarships for students attending Tecnológico de Monterrey, an institution for higher education.
About $1,200 pesos—roughly $60 USD—enters you in the raffle for the dream home, and supports the dreams of student hopefuls. While the school says that historically it has provided at least some type of scholarship support to one out of every two students, the money raised by the home via Sorteos Tec will go directly to Leaders of Tomorrow, an organization that, since 2013, has provided full scholarships to more than 1,700 students, according to a statement from Sorteos.
On the ground level, one of the home’s massive cutouts creates a connection with the outdoors.
Courtesy of Elemental
The primary suite on the third level connects to a terrace where one of the home’s cutouts frames mountain views.
Courtesy of Elemental
See the full story on Dwell.com: Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena Is Raffling Off His Latest Home for Charity
Related stories:
