Residential Architecture

Plaza Home / Grimaldi – Nacht arquitectos

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Textual content description supplied by the architects. Casa Plaza is situated 200 meters above sea degree on the south slope of Lake Gutiérrez in San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro Province, Argentina, surrounded by a big Coihues forest with nice views of the lake axis.

The mission has its genesis in Inca cities, the place completely different platforms articulate and join 4 volumes organized alongside the mountain slope. These volumes outline and arrange the completely different makes use of of the home and are related by a big sq. situated on the axis of the complicated, which is the place of contemplation and recreation.

The mission occupies 557 m² inside a complete space of 10,000 m². Its location on the positioning was extremely restricted attributable to being inside a protected forest. This reality decided the event space of the mission, to keep away from tree felling. The present entry highway to the complicated is an previous cattle highway. The home is supported on piles that don’t have an effect on the pure slope of the terrain and generate free stream.

From the atomization of this system, the privateness of the completely different areas of the complicated was sought to be regulated, separating and regulating their use, permitting environment friendly use, the place every area creates a distinct ambiance and high quality. The mission had to supply areas that allowed flexibility of leisure and use applications, each inside and exterior, in addition to all kinds of makes use of able to adapting to the wants of the completely different seasons of the complicated. Essentially the most public areas had been additionally sought to be linked to the center of the complicated, growing assembly and social areas.

The visitor quantity (two rooms) and the principle quantity are related by a bridge. The massive frequent rooms present a heat setting, with a big kitchen-dining room, and front room, all accompanied by fireplaces. As a result of excessive slope and inside rules of the membership, the beneath of some volumes comprises various applications (pool, sauna, lounges, fire).

The sq., because the social middle of the home, is linked to the block of extra public character: the playroom/sport room. Constructed totally of stone, this block offers a cinema, grill, kitchen, and toilet. The sq. serves as an enlargement of those makes use of, outfitted with a desk and a hearth pit. A big lapacho perimeter bench closes and accompanies the natural restrict of the sq. in its views towards the lake.

Two of the 4 volumes are clad in burnt Pacara wooden on their exterior with a black sheet metallic roof, supported on a bolstered concrete slab, iron columns. One other quantity combines wooden and stone in its contact with the pure terrain and a final semi-buried quantity, which faces the sq., totally of stone and black sheet metallic. Inside, all of the blocks are totally clad in Bolivian Lapacho and Petiribi wooden carpentry.