Cuadra San Cristóbal in Mexico City, designed by Luis Barragán and built in the 1960s, is a complex of house and stables complete with pools for both species. Curator Emilio Ambasz, Assoc. AIA, described the house as “Barragán’s most complex creation” in a 1976 Museum of Modern Art exhibition catalog, published four years before Barragán received the Pritzker Architecture Prize. “With extraordinary discipline and very few architectural elements he has recreated a micro-model of the pueblos he knew as a child: the house, the plaza, the horses, the friendly trees, and the water coming from very far away,” Ambasz wrote. The private house recently opened to the public for an exhibition from Ireland-born artist Sean Scully, whose sculpture and paintings, installed throughout the space, pop against the iconic pink walls.
Felix Friedman
“Sean Scully – San Cristóbal” runs through March 24 at Cuadra San Cristóbal in Mexico City.
