The house is located in La Pedrera. It is a Uruguayan seaside resort on the coast of the department of Rocha. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean. We currently live in Buenos Aires, but we travel a lot to La Pedrera to vacation, relax, go to the beach, cook, read and paint. We used to spend all our summers there in the last 20 years, and as soon as I found this land it was love at first sight. The land is located in the center of this small town. It is 5 minutes walk from the beach. It is really beautiful. We "finished" the house 3 years ago -2015- (It's hard to say we finished when you're the architect of your own home haha). The position of the house in the lot respond to the orientation and to the search of visuals. Is designed to see towards the sea and his backyard.
The house is designed in 2 levels:
The ground floor, an area with the kitchen an a deck, we use it mostly during the day. And in the first floor we have the living room and the master bedroom in suite were we got and incredible view to the sea.
And finally, in the backyard, we have a guest house with two more bedrooms with their own bathroom. Perfect for the Independence of our 4 children. As for the materiality, it is a mixed structure of concrete and wood.
The whole house was custom made, not only the furniture, but also the frames, the stairs, the railings, everything is a craft. All the furniture is from our firm STICOTTI, which we design and manufacture all in our workshop in Buenos Aires and we send them to Uruguay. I´m the architect of the house, but whom made the final touches is my wife, Mercedes, who is a graphic designer, we are both in design thinking.
