Barragán in Tacubaya
Three works on the same street and a fourth nearby — a two-hour walk on foot; visiting all three houses requires separate advance bookings and more time.
Casa Ortega, Casa Estudio Luis Barragán and Jardín 17 sit on the same stretch of General Francisco Ramírez in Tacubaya, with Casa Gilardi a short distance away — a tight cluster, but one that only works as a plan if visits are reserved ahead rather than attempted as a walk-up.
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- Casa Estudio Luis BarragánLuis Barragán
Barragán's own house and studio, built in 1948, hides a sequence of thresholds, light and garden behind a plain street facade.
- Jardín 17Luis Barragán
Jardín 17 is the walled garden across the street from Barragán's house, once its annex and, since its restoration in 2016, open for exhibitions and public programs.
- Casa OrtegaLuis Barragán
Casa Ortega is the house where Barragán first worked out the enclosed sequence of rooms and garden he later refined in his own house next door.
- Casa GilardiLuis Barragán
Completed near the end of Barragán's career, Casa Gilardi turns a narrow urban lot into one sequence: an enclosed entrance, a corridor washed in yellow light, a courtyard and a dining room with water.
