Monolithic brick volumes hide courtyard in Esrawe Studio's Casa Sierra Fría

Hector Esrawe's design studio has completed its first residence – a red-brick house in Mexico City that encloses a lush courtyard at its centre.Esrawe Studio designed Casa Sierra Fría for a family of four who wanted a house with plenty of privacy.It comprises two parallel volumes that are joined by a hallway to make a U-shape around the patio. The courtyard has a sunken, paved stone floor flanked by beds of greenery.
Slim, red bricks cover the outer walls and floors of the house to