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Casa Nola

Ethics, in principle, means considering others: the body of water in front of us, the soil and its microscopic inhabitants, the morning and evening light, the possibility of a tree crossing the space without disturbing the birds' nest, or having the best conditions for looking at the sky between canopies.

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As a physical phenomenon, architecture can enhance the imagination.
To begin with, we ask ourselves whether the language of large existing stones provides the best conditions for relating to all the elements of a landscape.

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At Casa Nola, in Cachipay, the answer lies in the balance that arises between the need to adapt to the environment and the desire to work with the available energy. An architecture with specific weight, without picturesqueness, which allows itself to be traversed by the elements and the force of the environment. A pact with simplicity.

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Going up, down, floating, lying down, entering or leaving. We seek to talk about the relative positions of the body. In the construction of this idea, there is a conscious preconception of movement and natural order: moving around the large stone, sheltering in a large mass of fired clay, walking on the roofs, spreading out on the terrace.

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Architecture has charm insofar as it allows itself to be inhabited by both elements and people. When it understands space as sequence, transit, and pause. When, sometimes unconsciously, the construction responds to the geography of the place, its rhythms of light, the presence of water, the possibility of nature passing through it without resistance.

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Project data

Location
Chipay | View Map
Project Year
2024
Primary Building Material
Brick
Concrete
Building Area
131 m2
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