Article source: Estudio HMA

From the beginning of the project we understood the intrinsic qualities associated with this piece of urban fabric. We here deal with a rectangular space with measures that do not exceed 7.50 m x 12.00 m located practically in the heart of the square. This is a dwelling unit of the type of the row houses in the city of Buenos Aires. At the beginning of the last century it was common to build small houses with the conceptual characteristics of the “sausage house” multiplied for the depth of an urban lot. The project then rose as a challenge to customer demands whose programmatic needs far exceeded the possibilities offered by the nature of the terrain. We also had to be aware of the constraints brought by the responsibility of reforming a historic site that was protected by the law of the city of Buenos Aires.

Image Courtesy Esteban Lobo

• Architects: Estudio HMA
• Project: PH house
• Location: El Salvador 4633, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Project Documentation Construction Managers: HM.Arquitectos. Fernando Hitzig & Leonardo Militello
• Collaborators: Juliana Zorza, Rubén Ruiz, Carmela Zuleta
• Structure consultant: Ing. Carlos Gandini
• Construction: Estudio HMa
• Photography: Esteban Lobo
• Project Type: House + pool at the terrace
• Built Area: 126 m2
• Exposed Area: 63 m2
• Software used: Autocad, 3d Studio Max

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