Equipetrol Houses

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

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Equipetrol Houses

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Firm

Sommet Architects

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2012

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

Photos

Sebastian Fernandez de Cordova (7)

Conceived as a single horizontal volume, these houses seek to solve, as a whole, the formal problem of two individual houses with an architecture that is outside the usual stereotype of paired houses.

The combination of materials such as concrete, glass, glass block and wood, somehow break the monotony and play with the visual character of the symmetry that frames the façade.

Resolved on two floors, one accesses the house via a remarkable picana wood pivot door of 1,80x2,00m that takes us into a distribution hall that leads to the kitchen, the living room or to the top floor.

The kitchen, set in an island way, allows a better use of the space and gives more character to the room. From the kitchen, one accesses the service area that is set at the front of the house next to the garage.

The living and dining room have a direct connection to the kitchen and a guest bathroom, which dazzles us with views to the outside gallery through its large windows. The gallery leads to a rather narrow swimming pool that connects both houses, becoming an area of common use between both owners, who maintain a close family relationship.

The top floor, which has a more intimate character, holds the exclusive space for the family, with the bedrooms and a small TV room that serves as a meeting space between family members. In this floor, the skylight over the staircase and the interior garden are elements that provide sensibility to the space with nuances of light and shadow.