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Architects: Nicolas Bechis
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:Federico Cairoli
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Text description provided by the architects. This single-family housing project is under the cozy atmosphere of Pinar that distinguishes this private neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Santa Fe.
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In order to relate closely to the environment to capture its filtered light, energy and pleasant views, the house unfolds silently on the ground.
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A main tectonic volume hosts the living area overlooking the syntax and articulating other parts of the program which coated in black metal sheet plug around it.
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Intimate but extroverted, it is open with courtyards as voids that catch the spirit of the place and insert it into the white and bright interior where each opening cuts a piece of it.
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An initial program of 150 meters was the first of three possible later stages.
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Its construction is made with traditional materials and technologies as the low budget was a relevant issue during design.
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