Located on a sloped garden in Guadalajara, Taller Bác has transformed a once waterlogged and underutilized site into a versatile terrace that extends the life outdoors.
In collaboration with architects Saúl Figueroa and Ana Pérez Gil, the Villas del Torreón Terrace reimagines the site by turning challenging topography into a habitable platform.
Improving drainage in the process, water is introduced as an element to the design creating connections while cultivating a seamless dialogue with the landscape.
Emphasized with vegetation that softens edges, the garden obscures property limits, visually amplifying the perceived scale of the garden.
Plantings are placed with intention—layered to create depth, seasonal variation, and a sense of immersion within the natural environment.
The planting palette is as strategic as it is expressive. Regional species such as Yucca jalisiencis and Vitex trifolia anchor the design with a sense of place, while aromatic and flowering plants such as Salvia microphylla and Trachelospermum jasminoides introduce sensory richness throughout the year.
Structural evergreens like Westringia fruticosa and Nandina domestica provide visual continuity, while larger specimens—including Enterolobium cyclocarpum and Luma apiculata—offer shade and long-term ecological value.
Together, the selection blurs distinctions between garden and landscape, ensuring the terrace is not an isolated platform but a living extension of its context.
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Materially, the terrace embraces neutral finishes that frame rather than compete with planting.
By providing shade, airflow, and adaptable furnishing opportunities, the terrace is designed for year-round use, accommodating both solitary respite and social gatherings.
Taller Bac is a landscape architecture studio founded in Guadalajara, Mexico. Its practice is rooted in designing spaces that invite wonder and contemplation, approaching the garden as a sensitive and reflective experience.
Each project is developed through a critical lens, grounded in research and core principles of architecture, art, and botany. The studio responds to the specific conditions of each site, blending technical knowledge with an intuitive and contextual approach.
With a respectful attitude toward the natural environment, Taller Bac reinterprets the formal, aesthetic, and functional aspects of the landscape, using endemic plant species strategically placed to define the character of the space and foster a more conscious relationship between people and nature.
Landscape Architecture by: Taller Bác (Carlos Mora, Marco Ochoa, Irene Reynoso, Ana Fernandez, Hilda Joya)
Architects: Saúl Figueroa and Ana Pérez Gil
Photography by: Valeria Sanchez, Carlos A. Mora and Marco Ochoa
