a. Space actions
The
house is folded toward the rear of the lot to avoid a large area of filled land
where it was not feasible to build. The
house spreads through the modulation of cube rooms that allows all the main
spaces to enjoy the distant landscape and also to coil on itself to define a
backyard and a private and climatically controlled area. This house is a
mixture between a courtyard and a lookout house. It is constructed though comfortable,
orthogonal, simple modules, those add up and articulate into an overall dynamic
setting.
b. Climate actions
Concrete
parasols control the afternoon sun, large picture windows concentrate the
lukewarm morning sun though greenhouse effect, the green roofing restores
existing vegetation and softens abrupt temperature changes throughout the year,
and round skylights provide natural lighting while heating the walk-in closets
and laundry area.
c. Daily life
Designing
a house in one level, allows different spatial relationships that connect
horizontally. The parking spaces
integrate to the courtyard, the main access is related to the distant
landscape, the dining and living room is linked to cooking and to the outdoor
terrace, the corridor that connects the rooms behaves as a chain of triangular
living rooms from which the courtyard is enjoyed; the folds in the concrete
roof generate triangular windows to be triangular in turn enjoy the patio, the
deck folds generate concrete triangular windows in the rooms, connecting them
to the vegetation on the rooftop.