Sitting upon ancient lava beds of Xitle, Casa Pedregal is a hacienda style home built by architect Luis Barragán between 1947 and 1950 in the south of México City. His vision to develop this territory as an urbanization project allowed for a mini diaspora from the heavily populated center. The home is the largest private residence built by Barragán however “it’s a space built for maximum intimacy” explains César Cervantes Tezcucano, who sold his contemporary art collection and bought Casa Pedregal from its original owners the López Prieto family in 2014. Cervantes took to renovating and living at Casa Pedregal. His latest revelation is that the house forces nothing. The design invites you to effortlessly live it and to do what you want to do in it. Still a home, whose creator valued privacy above all, built with a capacity and forecast for another intention, greater social use and cultural intervention. Photographer Pia Riverola shares a visual story of Casa Pedregal, the Barragán house that demands nothing.
