Chain + Siman Completes Casa Ani, a Gabled Weekend House in Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Casa Ani, a weekend home spanning 689 square meters, was completed by the Mexican architecture firm Chain + Siman in 2025, located in Valle de Bravo near Mexico City. The residence showcases a gabled design that merges a stone-and-timber structure with a modern three-gabled black metal volume. Visitors enter through the largest glass gable, leading to social spaces beneath A-frame roofs and expansive windows. A black-steel fireplace anchors the living room, which overlooks outdoor seating and a swimming pool. Bedrooms are housed in a two-story stone building featuring a large window that highlights a double-height area. The landscape, crafted by Pedro Sánchez Paisajismo, includes olive trees and an orchard, and the project is equipped with solar panels for energy independence. Photography by Rafael Gamo.
Key facts
- Casa Ani is a 689-square-metre weekend house completed in 2025 by Chain + Siman in Valle de Bravo, outside Mexico City.
- The design combines a single-roofed stone-and-timber house with a contemporary three-gabled structure clad in black standing-seam metal.
- The project was informed by a gabled structure that had long stood on the property.
- Social areas — living and dining room, kitchen and primary suite — sit beneath independent A-frame roofs above floor-to-ceiling glazing on the east side.
- The two-story stone building runs perpendicular to the contemporary form along the eastern longitudinal axis of the irregular site and holds the bedrooms.
- The landscape was designed by Pedro Sánchez Paisajismo, with olive trees, flowering species and an orchard blending into the forest.
- Solar panels and battery storage on the south-facing metal roofs provide an off-grid strategy integrated into the architecture.
- Photography of the project is by Rafael Gamo.
Entities
Artists
- Rafael Gamo
- Fernanda Canales
- Sordo Madaleno
- Pedro & Juana
Institutions
- Chain + Siman
- Pedro Sánchez Paisajismo
- Dezeen
Locations
- Valle de Bravo
- Mexico
- Mexico City
- Lake Avándaro
Sources
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