Casa Jaguar

A practical house in terms of size, comfortable in layout, and centrally

located within the coveted historical, cultural, and touristic area of

Coyoacán. But with one exception from that loud and vibrant Coyoacan:

the silence and tranquility that envelops this street and home are insane.

And if that weren’t enough, the house was completely renovated and

restored in 2018, including both the plumbing, electrical installations, and

its aesthetics.

Looking into its aesthetics, it’s worth mentioning the personality that

defines this home. There are languages that subtly dance within its

walls:

The artists involved in its construction include the Italian sculptor Daniele

Crepaldi (door to the living room), whose canvases, through oxides and

tar, integrate time and its erosion (”chronomatter”).

The visual artist Joel Rendón (vertical mural in the patio) glimpses a

jaguar hidden in the jungle (a vertical garden designed with that

intention), stalking and threatening. This mural is inspired by the Red

Jaguar inside the Chichén Itzá pyramid. The ceramic covering it was

fired at the Experimental Ceramics Workshop in Coyoacán.

The costumes hanging in the studio are from the state of Guerrero and

allude to the dance of the tecuanes (tecuans) as they attempt to hunt the

jaguar (”tecuani” in Nahuatl) in a play of contrasts between the two

patios (the front and the back, where the jaguar hides, thus hunting each

other), which interconnect and interpellate through Daniele Crepaldi’s

ephemeral portal (door).

On the other hand, in the jaguar patio, we have ”Symphony,” an iron

”anti-table” by set designer, dancer, and visual artist María de los

Ángeles González Rangel. It is an immovable witness within an elusive

object. An intimate retreat for gatherings and the spirit that summons

them.

Finally, we have Kukulkán or Quetzalcoatl, accompanying the

inhabitants and visitors as they ascend and descend the staircase. The

design is by the aforementioned Joel Rendón, and the glass-ceramic

work was done by the French artist Helena Hospital. The blue glass

skylight that covers the space enigmatically envelops the inhabitants’

transits.

The entire artistic decoration itself—the lapis lazuli blue of the stairs, the

cinnabar or cochineal red that surrounds the house, and the tezontle

volcanic stones that cement the home—is a tribute that fuses and makes

cultural allusions to native Mexico and its core cultures: Teotihuacán,

Oaxaca, and Chichen Itzá.

The finest detail is, without a doubt, the courtyard’s geometries that play

with the sun. At certain times of the year, the feathered serpent

(Kukulkán or Quetzalcóatl) descends upon Casa Jaguar, amidst

shadows and lights. A spectacle designed in every corner.

Speaking in terms of the aforementioned functionality and practicality,

the house, being renovated and practically new (2018) in finishes, is

ready to be moved in immediately. It features a full kitchen with an

island, a wine cellar, a studio-workshop, an automatic gate, security

cameras, an intercom in different parts of the house, three bedrooms

each with their own full bathroom, a guest half bathroom, a utility room, a

laundry area, a roof with enormous potential to create a spectacular roof

garden, and, as icing on the cake, the original and unique divine tezontle

patio dressed with its jungle wall and pond that harmonize with the

silence of the area.

Don’t miss the opportunity to live in a model of a house without

complications and an authentic art installation in the quietest area of the

emblematic Coyoacán.