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Cariló, Argentina
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Filo House
Cariló, Argentina
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$500K - 1M
Filo House is located in Cariló, Argentina, a seaside town surrounded by sand dunes and forest. It sits on a corner lot, a condition that is used to develop an open and multidirectional architectural design. Far from imposing itself on the site, the project arises from a careful reading of the existing pine forest. The building's volume is fragmented into a series of points or wedges that, like fingers, slide between the established trees, skirting around them and thus preserving all the large pines. This approach is not merely environmental: it defines the character of the house.
The result is a floor plan with a sharp and irregular geometry. The volumes break and rotate, seeking out the clearings in the forest, generating a sequence of solids and voids that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior. Each point is resolved with large floor-to-ceiling glazed surfaces, strategically oriented towards different cardinal directions. The house does not have a single facade: it opens 360° to its surroundings.
This angular morphology serves a dual purpose: first, the absolute preservation of the existing forest, recognizing the pine trees as the site's most valuable feature. Second, the capture of natural sunlight. By fracturing the facade, each room receives sunlight at different angles and times. The main living area captures the morning sun between two pine trees, while the bedrooms open up to the afternoon sun, filtered through the treetops. The light enters at a grazing angle, constantly changing, shaping the interior atmosphere throughout the day.
Transparency is the dominant material. The glazed surfaces reflect the forest and dematerialize the boundaries of the house. In contrast to the glass, the solid surfaces are clad in dark Alucobond, which requires minimal maintenance in the coastal climate.
The layout is organized to adapt to the gentle topography of the dune. The social spaces occupy the more open points, connected to the extensions and the corner garden, gaining expansive views and sunlight. The private areas are nestled at the points with more contained geometry, seeking intimacy among the tree trunks. The circulation paths follow the breaks in the dunes, transforming the interior journey into an experience of constant discovery of the forest.
The house doesn't land on the lot: it floats. It rises from the natural ground on stilts and a ventilated slab, allowing water runoff, protecting the pine roots, and avoiding the humidity typical of the area.
More than a house in the forest, the design proposes an inhabited forest. The architecture abandons the compact and symmetrical form in favor of an organic and fragmented logic. The glazed points are not a formal gesture: they are the answer to the question of how to live in Cariló without cutting down a single tree. The house adapts to its surroundings because it is born from them. It opens up to them, avoids them, frames them, and, above all, celebrates them. Light, pine trees, and shadow are the true materials of the project.
The result is a floor plan with a sharp and irregular geometry. The volumes break and rotate, seeking out the clearings in the forest, generating a sequence of solids and voids that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior. Each point is resolved with large floor-to-ceiling glazed surfaces, strategically oriented towards different cardinal directions. The house does not have a single facade: it opens 360° to its surroundings.
This angular morphology serves a dual purpose: first, the absolute preservation of the existing forest, recognizing the pine trees as the site's most valuable feature. Second, the capture of natural sunlight. By fracturing the facade, each room receives sunlight at different angles and times. The main living area captures the morning sun between two pine trees, while the bedrooms open up to the afternoon sun, filtered through the treetops. The light enters at a grazing angle, constantly changing, shaping the interior atmosphere throughout the day.
Transparency is the dominant material. The glazed surfaces reflect the forest and dematerialize the boundaries of the house. In contrast to the glass, the solid surfaces are clad in dark Alucobond, which requires minimal maintenance in the coastal climate.
The layout is organized to adapt to the gentle topography of the dune. The social spaces occupy the more open points, connected to the extensions and the corner garden, gaining expansive views and sunlight. The private areas are nestled at the points with more contained geometry, seeking intimacy among the tree trunks. The circulation paths follow the breaks in the dunes, transforming the interior journey into an experience of constant discovery of the forest.
The house doesn't land on the lot: it floats. It rises from the natural ground on stilts and a ventilated slab, allowing water runoff, protecting the pine roots, and avoiding the humidity typical of the area.
More than a house in the forest, the design proposes an inhabited forest. The architecture abandons the compact and symmetrical form in favor of an organic and fragmented logic. The glazed points are not a formal gesture: they are the answer to the question of how to live in Cariló without cutting down a single tree. The house adapts to its surroundings because it is born from them. It opens up to them, avoids them, frames them, and, above all, celebrates them. Light, pine trees, and shadow are the true materials of the project.
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