The existing vegetation. In relation to the south, the house is closed with a large perimeter wall that copies the irregular shape of the vegetation site, thus generating a close relationship with a private courtyard, which is approached with a small ramp that copies the slope of the natural ground to reach a large reinforced concrete bellows-pergola – which runs from end to end of the house, as a transition between inside and outside.
Under the concept of living under a large enabling roof, that is, one that allows the function to accommodate over time to different requirements and uses, thus arises the idea of locating a large slab of 27 meters long by 8 meters that rests on 10 circular metal columns of 140 mm, which is complemented by another smaller area from a large concrete pergola, which functions both as a bellows, as a transition space between inside and outside.
Under this cover a large continuous space without limits is developed. With the premise of breaking the limits within the house, it was decided to limit the changes of uses within the same from spaces, that is, the hard cores such as kitchen, laundry and bathrooms, function as large tablets of services that at the same time fulfill the function of limiting the spaces inside. In this way, the flexibility that is perceived in the space is of an exquisite dynamic in which various functions and uses are combined in a large container space without any interruption to the other. At the same time, all the spaces have a constant connection with the exterior landscape, thus diluting the limits between inside and outside, achieving in this way a spatial continuity that extends the uses of the house.
On the other hand, the roof is also understood as a support, that is to say, as an enabler to extend the use of the ground, to give the house the possibility to inhabit it from another perspective, to allow us to be and walk among the treetops, achieving a different relationship with the landscape. For this, we propose a large accessible deck, which is accessed from a subtle circular metal staircase, which from a bridge, connects the first floor with the accessible terrace of granite. A staircase to tranquility, enjoyment and connection with nature.
The large concrete cover, is linked and anchored to the ground from a large continuous stone wall which takes the slopes of the lot itself, thus reflecting that ideas arise and refer to what the context gives us. In this particular case, one of the sides of the lot has a slope, therefore, the wall lies on it, to then allow itself to copy the lines that nature itself marks, and include within the house the existing trees. This is why the wall extends outside the house itself and allows the formation of a courtyard, which recreates a landscape for contemplative, private use. That, at the same time, houses the existing vegetation and the circular staircase that connects the earth and the sky.
At the same time, this enabling wall acquires the capacity to house programs. In this way, the wall goes from being an element that separates, to being an element that contains and has a thickness. That is why, in different passages of the house, the wall acquires the capacity to be the element that frames the entrance, and then becomes a library, a storage room, a barbecue, etc.
Project name: Paraíso House
Architects:
Agustín Lozada – http://www.orangeobrasciviles.com/
Gonzalo Perrote
Location: Córdoba, Argentina
Year: 2020
Photographer: Federico Cairoli – http://www.federicocairoli.com/
Inner Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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