The project involves the recycling of a standard house, with a structure in poor conditions, in Cordón neighborhood of Montevideo. The building, originally a patio-style traditional house, is transformed into a small complex of three units. One of them is a two-room duplex unit facing the street while the other two are one-room flats looking at the central patio. The roof has incorporate a pergola and is equipped with a barbecue and a tender.
PROPOSAL
The aim of the project is to develop homes satisfying today's demands, but taking advantage of the existing elements of the old house. The patio is consolidated in order to get brightness and natural light. Along these lines, not well conserved secondary buildings are demolished. The existing structural scheme is preserved as well as all the load-bearing's walls. A new reinforced concrete slab is built as a mezzanine. A large part of the existing openings are used on the facade, but with a different architectural language.
The roof is conditioned as an outdoor recreational space. It is understood as an opportunity to locate the barbecue - table - bench on the front. This means having more elements to define the new facade. The facade is a smooth white plane with holes. The intention is to appreciate the thickness of the original wall, which is half a meter. For this the openings are tackled in different leads. Each hole is shaped in a different way, this generates movement both in the plane of the facade and in the depth of the openings.
Team:
Architect: Arq. Alfonso Cabrera
Designteam: Rafael Lussich, Leonel Rocca
