As part of a new project by the architecture firm WORC, "Moradores" emerges: a space located just steps from Jardín Zaragoza in Toluca, State of Mexico. Housed within a 342-square-meter residence with nearly a century of history, it is one of the few surviving structures from the evolution of a representative neighborhood in the city's historic center. The studio, directed by Ricardo Martínez and Camila Ureña, describes the space as a “public house” comprising a restaurant, art exhibitions, and a community gathering point.
The urban layout consists of long, narrow lots that restrict side facades and forgo the traditional central courtyard, which at the time was replaced by a Parisian-style central hallway. Today, these period homes are rare, as the government demolished most of them in the 1970s in an effort to modernize the city.
