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The land on which we should intervene, forested with pine trees of great size, has a height of about 3 m in the sense of his forehead. In connection with the street one end thereof is elevated while the opposite has a depression, which some large acacias, hidden from view from the street.
‘Mapuche Country Club’ does not come to be a new born ‘country’ (condominium). Therefore, its lush vegetation, which has grown throughout the years, has added such a value to the place that has led both our clients (and friends) and us to agree on the fact that that area was the right one. Among all the several lots we went around, we recommended them an area that was fronted by a row of conifers, next to a bunch of fruit trees (unfortunately, the house was to be located here due to regulations), almost in the middle of the place were two old blue cedar trees close to the dividing axis and, a well-situated swimming pool. The lot has a position that favours the house in many ways. On the one hand, since the back of the house is NW-oriented, it is sheltered from direct afternoon sunlight by its cedars. On the other hand, its SE front row of coniferous trees do let the place receive some sunshine. ‘This plot is fantastic’, we said.
From the beginning this project had to answer to two different voices, or two customers. Both required the same amount of square meters for their future homes. Perhaps the greatest achievement of this project was understanding how to complete the entire buildable volume equally for both owners without them losing the ability to access almost all of the lot size in width and length. The strategy chosen for this purpose was to criss cross the meters that corresponded to each of them so that both units rotated through the axis of the central courtyard in a centrifuge-like manner. To criss cross both properties it was decided to use stairs that functioned as sleeve-like bridges connecting both units.
The shape of the stadium is determined by the intersection, the collision of two circles. It is a stadium with two centers, two sectors entering into conflict, and the design features the architectural resolution of this conflict. Its shape thus symbolizes the relationship between the two clubs, which share the field of play without losing their individual identities.
Our friend and client found this old house in the district of Palermo in Buenos Aires. The house had potential. However, it was in need of a complete restoration: several insensitive interventions throughout the years had caused damage to the original profile, making it gloomy and desolated.
The main feeling that the home conveys is a sense of defiance of gravity and space. With its large spans of glass that take advantage of the house’s relationship to the environment, the space seems almost larger than life.
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