This Affordable, Millennial Pink Home in Mexico Cost Just $18K to Build
Modular, adaptable, and cost-effective, this experimental home provides a model for progressive rural housing in Mexico.
Modular, adaptable, and cost-effective, this experimental home provides a model for progressive rural housing in Mexico.
Mexico City–based architecture firm PPAA has designed a 624-square-foot home that costs just $18,000 to build. The modular concrete dwelling has a dusty pink finish, and it employs locally sourced, cost-effective materials to keep within its tight budget.
The top of the home can be used as an elevated terrace. "The roof references the vernacular of rural houses, as does the traditional rainwater drainage system," say the architects.
Rafael Gamo
The home is one of 32 housing proposals—each representing one of Mexico’s 32 states—designed for Laboratorio de Vivienda, a showcase of easily replicable, affordable, and environmentally friendly homes in Apan, Hidalgo. The exhibition was organized by Mexico’s Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers, which selected designs from a call for submissions that attracted top architectural talent from around Mexico and the world at large.
Located on a nine-acre site in Apan, Mexico, PPAA’s modular home is one of 32 low-income housing prototypes that are being studied for potential reproduction on a larger scale. The prototypes were built in 2019, and they are open to the public—along with an adjacent welcome and education center by MOS Architects.
Rafael Gamo
Assigned the town of Zaragoza in the northeastern state of Coahuila, PPAA crafted a site-specific, modular dwelling that responds to the region’s humid climate, as well as its proximity to the U.S. border and the San Antonio River.
The living room and dining area open up to the outdoors through large sliding doors—one of the architects’ favorite features. The furnishings are by Mexican interior design firm DUCOLAB.
Rafael Gamo
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