Casa Orgánica

Inside Casa Orgánica, the Psychedelic Mexico City Home That’s All Over Your Instagram | Vogue

"Along a quiet street in the Naucalpan de Juárez neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City, I lift a cold metal ring to open an oval, snakeskin-patterned metal door framed by a minty green wall and step into a cavernous foyer where I take my shoes off as instructed; the fluffy white carpeting underfoot continues up the curved, carpeted walls and into a whitewashed tunnel, with a series of scalloped steps guiding me deeper. Designed and completed by Mexican architect Javier Senosiain in 1984 and inspired by the eclectic works of Antoni Gaudí and the modernist structures of Frank Lloyd Wright, it opened to the public for the first time in late 2020 (currently under renovation, with a full reopening later this year) and embodies his organic-architecture philosophy: no straight walls, a harmonious meeting of human habitation and the natural world, and spaces meant to feel like a womb, a cloister, or a cave. The layout opens into an expansive living room marked by a curved white leather sofa, a hanging rattan swing seat, and an original gold leaf chair by Pedro Friedeberg; a sandy-hued carpet flows through the entire home, with walls and ceiling in the same color for chromatic continuity, and in the sleeping areas, custom circular beds reinforce the sensation of dwelling within the earth." - Michaela Trimble