Casa Perezosa

Costa Rica

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Casa Perezosa

Costa Rica

Firm

Biokinetic Studio

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2023

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

Below the ´Loma Verde´ or Green Hill of the Santa Rosa town in the north pacific coast of Costa Rica, a unique bioclimatic house in a neighborhood serves as a rental home and an occasional vacation space for the owner. This house is located inside ‘Loma Verde’ Condominium near a secondary forest hill that connects the neighborhood with a dense dry forest ecosystem that is 10 minutes away from the beach and natural reserve of Playa Grande, one of the top surfing beach brakes of the region and a beach that welcomes the turtles when they ashore to place their eggs on this beautiful white sand beach.

The plot was a 10 by 34 meter rectangular almost flat terrain with neighbor homes and an adjoining paddock with a beautiful tree in front of the private street. The design was oriented to take advantage of the great existing orientation having the longest facades on North and South and the shortest on East and West, which is the optimal condition for a simple efficient volumetric response in the tropical region.

The concept for the house was to create two separate modules, one for social and one private areas, both covered with big roofs that generate as much shadow as possible but letting daylight into the spaces.

The spaces function main drivers were to generate privacy and mind human comfort, so that the users can enjoy an introverted space without having unwanted views to the neighbors’ homes.

The plan seeks to generate different experiences within the social open areas that merge with external terraces and the plunge pool, creating a single social space that can be inhabited with a soft and chill natural circulation.

The envelope in this house was critical because the climate in Guanacaste is really hot and humid.

The design volumes were proposed as two simple boxes that have strategic openings and a roof that floats on them, separated by a superior perimeter window to permanently introduce daylight but reject solar radiation. The windows are placed carefully so that natural ventilation can flow and refresh the spaces on a year-round basis. Advanced software simulations were carried out in the process to corroborate the spaces energy efficiency and bioclimatic performance.

The house incorporates a wind tower that injects natural fresh air from outside and extracts hot air from inside. This feature was an experiment on which we took inspiration from ancient vernacular Iranian wind towers from the middle east’s ancient architecture legacy. The idea was to create a rooftop to watch the sunset, moon and stars in the evening when the temperature drops and a special gadget that maximizes bioclimatic performance in the social areas.

The final result is a sober composition and simple space that provides shadow, daylight and ventilation throughout the year, serving the users will to rest and recharge on their vacations within a fresh and comfortable space.

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Alejandro Barboza Mainieri

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Casa Perezosa

Costa Rica

Casa Perezosa

Costa Rica

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