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Arenales House
Arenales House
Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Arenales House
Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
Intermediate Spaces and Material Expression
Located at the intersection of Avenida Paso and Arenales Street, within the San Carlos neighborhood in Mar del Plata, Casa Arenales is inserted into a residential fabric undergoing processes of urban renewal. The corner condition, the presence of vegetation, and the coexistence between the domestic scale of the neighborhood and the more dynamic character of the avenue establish the framework through which the project explores the relationship between architecture, domestic life, and the city.
The Thickness of the Boundary
The house is conceived through the construction of transitions rather than rigid separations. Instead of establishing a fully closed perimeter, the project proposes a permeable boundary capable of balancing privacy and openness.
An exterior steel enclosure, vegetation, and the front setback configure an intermediate condition between public space and domestic life. The boundary acquires thickness and becomes inhabitable: no longer a simple dividing line, but a spatial device capable of mediating views, daylight, privacy, and environmental conditions.
Material expression reinforces this strategy. Exposed brick, neutral surfaces, and steel elements construct an architectural language where structure, enclosure, and materiality operate as an integrated system.
Intermediate Spaces and Domestic Expansion
The organization of the house is structured around a sequence of voids that expand the domestic experience. A front courtyard and an interior patio introduce natural light, cross ventilation, and a continuous relationship with landscape into the collective areas of the dwelling.
Rather than functioning as residual spaces, these courtyards operate as active extensions of the interior. Architecture is organized around them, allowing social spaces to establish spatial, environmental, and visual continuity with the outdoors.
The project prioritizes environmental quality through fluid relationships between interior and exterior, controlled visual permeability, and the incorporation of open space as an essential component of everyday life.
Material Identity
The dialogue between exposed brick and steel defines the material identity of the project. Brick introduces permanence, texture, and warmth, while steel contributes precision, lightness, and visual permeability.
Together, these materials establish a contemporary architectural expression that engages with local construction traditions without resorting to nostalgic interpretations. Architectural character emerges not through formal gestures, but through the precise articulation of solids and voids, opacity and transparency, enclosure and openness.
Living the Corner
Private spaces are located on the upper level, where the elevated position expands visual connections toward the surrounding urban landscape. The corner condition becomes an opportunity to enrich domestic life across multiple scales: through patios and vegetation at ground level, and through broader visual relationships with the city above.
More than resolving a corner house, Casa Arenales proposes a way of inhabiting centered on the thickness of boundaries, material presence, and the integration of exterior space as an essential dimension of contemporary living.
Located at the intersection of Avenida Paso and Arenales Street, within the San Carlos neighborhood in Mar del Plata, Casa Arenales is inserted into a residential fabric undergoing processes of urban renewal. The corner condition, the presence of vegetation, and the coexistence between the domestic scale of the neighborhood and the more dynamic character of the avenue establish the framework through which the project explores the relationship between architecture, domestic life, and the city.
The Thickness of the Boundary
The house is conceived through the construction of transitions rather than rigid separations. Instead of establishing a fully closed perimeter, the project proposes a permeable boundary capable of balancing privacy and openness.
An exterior steel enclosure, vegetation, and the front setback configure an intermediate condition between public space and domestic life. The boundary acquires thickness and becomes inhabitable: no longer a simple dividing line, but a spatial device capable of mediating views, daylight, privacy, and environmental conditions.
Material expression reinforces this strategy. Exposed brick, neutral surfaces, and steel elements construct an architectural language where structure, enclosure, and materiality operate as an integrated system.
Intermediate Spaces and Domestic Expansion
The organization of the house is structured around a sequence of voids that expand the domestic experience. A front courtyard and an interior patio introduce natural light, cross ventilation, and a continuous relationship with landscape into the collective areas of the dwelling.
Rather than functioning as residual spaces, these courtyards operate as active extensions of the interior. Architecture is organized around them, allowing social spaces to establish spatial, environmental, and visual continuity with the outdoors.
The project prioritizes environmental quality through fluid relationships between interior and exterior, controlled visual permeability, and the incorporation of open space as an essential component of everyday life.
Material Identity
The dialogue between exposed brick and steel defines the material identity of the project. Brick introduces permanence, texture, and warmth, while steel contributes precision, lightness, and visual permeability.
Together, these materials establish a contemporary architectural expression that engages with local construction traditions without resorting to nostalgic interpretations. Architectural character emerges not through formal gestures, but through the precise articulation of solids and voids, opacity and transparency, enclosure and openness.
Living the Corner
Private spaces are located on the upper level, where the elevated position expands visual connections toward the surrounding urban landscape. The corner condition becomes an opportunity to enrich domestic life across multiple scales: through patios and vegetation at ground level, and through broader visual relationships with the city above.
More than resolving a corner house, Casa Arenales proposes a way of inhabiting centered on the thickness of boundaries, material presence, and the integration of exterior space as an essential dimension of contemporary living.
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