The project is located in the hills of Tandil, province of Buenos Aires. The context It is marked by intense visuals and rugged topography. The Pirca rests in the middle of this landscape that offers an imposing view of the city to one side and the hills towards the other. The decision to have a single roof as the predominant element unifies the volumetry, using the ridge as a guideline of the polygon that makes up the gabled roof. Thus perceived as a unique piece, a single container where the social area is enriched by the Interior void with different spatialities, heights, intentional visuals.
Two rectangular volumes, whose programmatic functions are distinguished between the social area and the private area, intersect generating access and in line with this, the gallery. The dialogue of the two rectangles is perceived in the layout of the floor plan. These rotate on a same vertex, forming an obtuse angle between them, which responds to the topography existing and to the desired orientation. One of these rectangles is modified to fit in the direction of the other and thus both surfaces are communicated and crossed at the same time, through the access - hall - gallery. Two simple subtraction operations in the volumetry emphasize the semi-coverage of access and that of the gallery, accentuating the transition between these spaces and generating a visual and spatial relationship between interior and exterior.
The level of the interior floor follows the unevenness of the terrain. This allows the area to be separated:private bedroom (on the upper level) from the social area (on the lower level). The mezzanineacts as a hybrid between the social and the private. This creates a sequence of different spaces connected to a continuous space. The work is conceived as a simple and consolidated volumetry with operations of theft abroad that, in addition to generating intentional openings and in relation to the environment, give rise to walls of useful width, which house permanent furniture and generate eaves for sun protection. Therefore the work is solid and rooted in the site, like a great monolithic stone.
Team:
Architect: Estudio Mades - Arq. Mercedes Frolik, Arq. Malena Biaus
Photo credits: Gustavo Sosa Pinilla
