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Casa Cal y Mayor

Adaptive reuse of an existing house in Primer Cuadro, Culiacán. The building will operate as a public museum: two galleries and three gardens organized by a 5.17 m double-height atrium.

Street facade of Casa Cal y Mayor: light stone volumes, a lattice screen, and a louvered opening behind a black fence.
01 · Street Vicente Riva Palacio 720
Un atrio de doble altura entre dos galerías y tres jardines.

The garden is the third gallery of the museum. Landscape is organized in five programs: convivencia, vegetación, exposiciones, recreación, contemplación.

The project reuses an existing house at Vicente Riva Palacio 720, Primer Cuadro, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. A 5.17 m atrium organizes two galleries and three gardens: jardín central, jardín Buelna, and jardín etnobotánico.

Program: galleries, library, a salon, gardens, and a rooftop service core with public restrooms. Status: executive project in integration, August 2026.

Lot
1,500 m²
Built
1,652.50 m²
Gardens
1,150 m²
Address
Vicente Riva Palacio 720
717.50
Ground floor m²
832.50
Upper floor m²
102.50
Rooftop m²
5.17
Atrium height m
Daytime street facade: interlocking stone volumes, vertical louvers, and a perforated screen.
02 Facade from the street Fachada
High-angle view of tiered volumes, rooftop planters, living walls, and the garden behind the street front.
03 Tiered volumes and gardens Conjunto
Upper walkway overlooking the double-height atrium, with a textured concrete column, black railings, and a skylight grid.
04 Double-height atrium Interior
Rooftop terrace with stone walls, a vine-covered grid, a built-in planter and bench, and trees beyond the parapet.
05 Azotea Rooftop
Late-afternoon view of the stone volumes against the garden, with a living wall and figures on the terraced lawn.
06 Ensemble toward the garden Jardín

Credits

Architect
Iván Tamayo Ramos
Architectural coordination
Marlet Ramos Cruz
Drawing
Jackeline López Camacho
Survey
Ingenium
Landscape
Fernanda
Lighting
Kai Diederichsen
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