In the Mind Stream

Building Background

The Gilardi House was commissioned by advertising executive Pancho Gilardi to be built on a plot in a densely populated area of Mexico City in 1975, when Luis Barragán (1902-1988), the architect, was already "retired". The first thing Barragán focused on was the Jacaranda tree (pictured in the middle of the courtyard), and he told Gilardi that it shouldn't be felled, since the house would be built around it.

With this commission - the last house he designed - Barragán was completely free to do what he wanted, and the result is a colourful modernist building with a very unique interior pool, which I couldn't really do justice in the Sims, so I compromised and created a semi-outdoor indoor pool. The original building has a much broader colour palette than I used, and I wish I could have found an adequate version of the gorgeous yellow windows.

Barragán is also known for the Torres de Satélite (1957), a group of large sculptures and the Cuadra San Cristóbal (1966-1968).

Sources:

great short film of the house, Spanish with English subtitles

photos from a house tour in 2023

Barragán Foundation page for the Gilardi House

So what do you get?

Casa Gilardi is a 30x20 residential lot that is best placed in Ciudad Enamorada, but could potentially also work in Tomarang, Oasis Springs or Ondarion. I’ve placed the lot on the “Mansión de la Pasión" lot in the Vista Hermosa neighbourhood, but the Casita del Amor lot in the same neighbourhood would work as well.

The lot consists of 3 floors. There are 2-3 bedrooms, depending on how you'll use the rooms. If you don't need/want the garage on the first floor, you can simply make the kitchen & dining room bigger like this:

Uses items from the following packs: pretty much all expansion packs and a few GP packs. No stuff packs or kits // a tip; take a look at the build in the gallery and click on the pack icons to see what items I used.

Download: gallery ID: aeromantica (but you’ll need the CC from the SFS folder): SFS (150mb)

Is the CC included?  Yes, everything’s included. 

TOU:  Please don’t claim it as your own or put it behind a paywall. If you find any issues (wrong/missing files) please let me know + tag me if you’ll use the build, I’d absolutely love to see it in your games!