A compact puzzle box of a house, the 54 sq m of Casa Emma is a tightly plotted series of spaces that belie its modest external presentation. HW Studio, led by Rogelio Vallejo Bores working with Oscar Didier Ascencio Castro and Nik Zaret Cervantes Ordaz, approached this small terrace house in Morelia, in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, with several influences in mind. First up was Eduardo Souto de Moura’s Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, just outside Lisbon.
