Nestled within the serene expanse of northern Greater Buenos Aires, an 800m² plot in a private residential enclave presents a defining singularity: its adjacency to only one neighbour along one of its longer flanks. This exceptional condition sculpts a dwelling with two principal facades, deliberately exposed with clarity to both the street and a vast adjacent green space, establishing an immediate dialogue with its surroundings.
The project's essence is articulated through a programmatic fragmentation into three pure volumes, forms of simple and precise operations. Two lateral volumes, one dedicated to the children's realm and the other to the parents', frame a third central volume, conceived as the epicentre of encounter and communion, a contemporary atrium for residents and guests.
The disposition of these volumes seeks an intrinsic balance between intimacy, expansion, and communion. Privacy is safeguarded from the neighbourhood's circulation street and between internal use areas, while the connection to the immediate exterior is enhanced, allowing spaces to expand seamlessly. The central volume, stacked atop the lateral ones, defines the architectural character of the house, establishing a constant relationship with the external environment.
The main entrance, an essential thoroughfare within the void created by the convergence of the three volumes, marks the passage of time with natural overhead illumination, masterfully linking three distinctive courtyards: the entrance courtyard, the internal courtyard, and the pool courtyard. The private volumes, in contrast, recede into their intimacy relative to this central core, adapting to the specific needs of each group, with shared work areas for the children and distinctively private study spaces for the parents.
The exteriors unfold into four particular situations, each derived from its adjacent interior programme: the main entrance courtyard, a path culminating at the parents' volume where it meets the central volume's access; the internal courtyard, an extension of the children's volume and a source of natural light and ventilation for the kitchen; the rear courtyard, the epicentre for communion activities and outdoor leisure; and the lateral courtyard, which expands the study into the large adjacent green space. The house's materiality reinforces this duality: a more introverted and dark exterior palette contrasts with the sheer luminosity of the interiors, where light becomes the principal material, sculpting spaces and revealing the essence of inner life.