Rosa de la Viuda / German Gil Vázquez + Silvia María Freiria

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Punta del Diablo, Uruguay
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Marcos Guiponi
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Bromyros, Darko, Royal Arquitectura Sustentable, Termocret
  • Lead Architect: Germán Gil
© Marcos Guiponi

Text description provided by the architects. In these estates that are only 200 meters from the coast - bought as an investment in the 50's by the owner's grandfather and whose titles remained forgotten in a trunk for years - we were summoned to add value to a family business with an entrepreneurial tradition.

© Marcos Guiponi
Ground floor plan

We decide located two symmetrical houses of one level, marking the corners, the future will tell how the remaining intermediate properties are occupied.

The initial decision was to affect as little as possible the existing wild dune environment, sifted by an existing acacia.

© Marcos Guiponi

. When it is on top, it receives from the front the oceanic breath that, together with its refreshing breeze, brings highly reactive salts with metals. We designed modulated houses based on compacted blocks, with high thermal performance in walls and openings, a shelter in storms and a cool place in the summers.

© Marcos Guiponi

The casitas live around their social areas that are preserved from the views of the street with narrow openings, opening towards the external dock space. Its transitable roofs are to observe the stars of the sky of Rocha. We are proud of the final product that was very well received by the place and its visitors.

© Marcos Guiponi

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Cite: "Rosa de la Viuda / German Gil Vázquez + Silvia María Freiria" [Rosa de la Viuda / German Gil Vázquez + Silvia María Freiria] 24 Jul 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/898523/rosa-de-la-viuda-german-gil-vazquez-plus-silvia-maria-freiria> ISSN 0719-8884

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