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Architects: IN Estudio Arquitectura
- Area: 2110 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Photographs:Luis Abba
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Manufacturers: Cuyo Solar, Electricidad Maza, HIMAN Aceros, Katsuda Mendoza, Samaco
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Lead Architects: Daniel Gelardi, Agustina Gelardi
Text description provided by the architects. The type of country house and its own historicity are the project input and the reason for the organizational structure. The house is the result of a typological reflection. A reflection on the material and formal organization convergent with constructive logic.
The constructive method is determined by a structural grid of 14m x 14m modulated in 16 squares of 2,60x2,60. The constructive systematicity modulates the structure materialized by 10x10cm steel columns and the metal purlin roof.
The roof is of special interest because its planar figure is deformed due to the variation of the parallel position of the sides facing each other. In such a way that the resulting geometric figure generates cross slopes without altering the continuity of the plane.
In addition, the grid organizes the spatial and visual relationships according to the paths and perspectives, communicating the exterior and interior space. In fact, an indeterminate variety of paths cross the house in different directions and orientations, connecting the rooms and revolving around the hearth fire
Finally, the constructive materiality is materialized by means of four constituent elements: the base materialized by a slab and the radiant slab for heating. The framework is made up of a grid of columns and a multilayer metal roof with a wooden ceiling.
The enclosures of brick partition walls on the exterior and interior plastering together with the metal carpentry. The large windows provide an important component in terms of insulation and safety. It is made up of hermetic double glass panels with interwoven interior metal mesh, handcrafted for the case. The fourth element is the firebox. A constituent element of the typological character of the country house.
As a result of the technical rationality and its own constructive syntax, the Pichi Country House is the product of the economy and sobriety of conscious material culture. An architecture that recognizes the structuring character of the materialization that is appreciated in its serenity.
