Casa Behar

This editorial research project is currently in its initial stages and will document Casa Behar, a remarkable architectural and cultural work developed over more than six decades by Roberto Behar in the forests of Ajusco, Mexico City. More than a monograph, the publication aims to explore the house as the material expression of a lifetime shaped by Japanese culture, craftsmanship, architecture, and the tea ceremony.

The project will combine archival research, interviews, photography, architectural documentation, and editorial storytelling to trace the relationship between memory, construction, and cultural exchange. Through the house, its tea pavilions, gardens, and handcrafted details, the book seeks to reflect on patience, devotion, and the way personal convictions gradually take physical form. Conceived as an editorial object rather than simply a record, it will preserve not only the architecture itself, but also the knowledge, imagination, and worldview that made it possible.