Located in a residential area of Vicente López, this house sits on an irregularly shaped lot, measuring 15 meters wide and 20 meters deep, creating a space that is not simply a container for architecture, but a fluid extension of the landscape. The southeast-facing front opens onto a tree-lined street, while the northwest-facing rear takes advantage of the best orientation.
The layout responds precisely to these conditions: the house rests subtly on the higher neighboring wall, creating an urban niche, and is detached from all other edges, maximizing the perception of the lot as a whole. The gallery functions as an intermediate threshold that unifies the geometric differences of the terrain and reinforces the idea of spatial continuity.
The project explores transparency as a fundamental strategy. Through a sequence of open, semi-covered, and covered spaces, glass acts as an integrating material: boundaries are blurred, allowing cross-views that constantly connect the interior and exterior. The glass enclosures ensure the presence of natural light in all rooms and are combined with movable sun protection, such as folding and sliding shutters, which regulate the relationship between privacy, shade, and views depending on the use and time of day.
On the ground floor, access is through an open, vegetated space, followed by a taller semi-covered area that serves as the entrance and parking area. From there, transparency takes center stage: a central courtyard articulates the spatiality of the house, while the fully glazed living-dining room frames the garden and pool as an immediate visual backdrop. The staircase, in a play of opacities and transparencies, subtly separates the areas without losing the visual connection with the courtyard.
The kitchen, connected to a second patio, reinforces the idea of spatial permeability, allowing natural light and ventilation to flow throughout the entire floor. Even the laundry room is integrated into this logic, discreetly connecting the front with the back garden.
Upstairs, the children's bedrooms are located at the front, with large windows protected by movable shutters that regulate privacy and the relationship with the public space of the street. At the back, the master suite maximizes its openness with a glass enclosure that extends towards the garden. The same dry green shutters allow light to be filtered and the relationship with the outside to be adjusted according to the time of day and season.
The central courtyard, in dialogue with the neighboring garden, incorporates movable panels made of the same material as the shutters, which can be manipulated to create different angles of opening. This allows the relationship between the interior spaces and the surrounding landscape to be modified, transforming the house into a dynamic organism where glass, light, and transparency take center stage.