In a gentle slope towards the west, the terrain presented a natural plateau, a step that served as a podium to contemplate the natural landscape of the adjoining native forest.

The program is then divided into sections. Access and social areas are located on the street-level floor with the possibility of enjoying the distant view, the tree canopies, and the sky. On the lower level, inhabiting the proximity of the forest and the earth, are the resting spaces. Semi-buried and protected by an overhang, their condition is one of twilight.

Totally blind towards the street, a series of concrete walls deny the relationship of the house with the urbanity of the neighborhood to configure domestic, intimate spaces that only relate to the mountain horizon.

Two beams support the roof that cuts out and configures three patios. Entering the house involves crossing the first one and gradually slowing down. The ground is covered in crushed stone. The sky is filled with the leaves, the canopies of a group of acacias. The enclosure precedes both the entrance door to the house and the direct access to the main garden. A third patio, oriented to the northeast and related to the kitchen space, offers warm morning light and a breeze scented by aromatic plants.

Team:
Authors: Agustín Berzero / Manuel Gonzalez Veglia (TECTUM architecture) 
Technical Management Team: Guadalupe Gonzalez
Engineer: Edgar Moran
Photography: Federico Cairoli