House in Ancón

Ancón District, Peru

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House in Ancón

Ancón District, Peru

Firm

Adrian Noboa

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2014

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

BUDGET

Unknown

This is a project for the remodeling and extension of a beach house located on the

hillside overlooking the sea and bay of Ancon, a district 43 Km north of Lima, Peru.

The clients are the third-generation owners of the property, and their purpose was to

rescue and revalue their grandparents’ original housing project.

This house was originally designed in 1958 by Swiss Architect Theodor Cron, whose

architectural production has become a referent in modern Peruvian architecture.

The original design proposes a language with sharply horizontal elements, configuring

spaces of simple heights but achieving a fluid spatial continuity between the inside

and outside, using for this purpose, subtle height transitions, low parapets, and

prolonged horizontal and vertical planes.

This compositional proposal manages to correctly control visual cues toward the bay

from the different spaces inside the house. The materials reflect this spatial

relationships, covering some walls with natural stone obtained from the hill

excavations necessary for building the house.

This new proposal intended to respect the qualities of the original project and was

considered mandatory a pre-design review of the original blueprints and the

documentation about the life work of Architect Theodor Cron, to understand the best

possible way to work with the existing building.

The proposal starts by liberating the edification from all extensions and

modifications not found in the original design and then consolidate the original

proposal rescuing its defining essential elements.

The remodeling focused on the creation of service areas according to new systems,

hardware, and requirements of the clients, as well as on the modernization of the

finishes, giving a special consideration to the use of neutral materials without

overshadowing the original ones.

The extension was defined according to the requirements of the clients for new

social and recreational spaces for their different weekend activities. The additional

program comprises a new terrace for the bedrooms level, and a new swimming pool

and terrace. Thus, a new third and fourth levels for complementary and technical

services were created.

The design follows the guideline set by the original project, using low wall hangings

on the terraces and prolonged horizontal surfaces, but reimagining and adapting

them to the profile in the perimeters of the plot, as well to the palm and other trees

line of the surroundings. The composition language is reinforced through the use of

natural stone from the same area instead of regular wall coverings.

In the private areas of the house, the character of closed spaces was reinforced,

using vanes of a smaller dimension and new wooden shutters to control the views

from the exterior. Unlike the panoramic views of the social area, the views from the

bedrooms were directed to specific points of the bay.

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House in Ancón

Ancón District, Peru

House in Ancón

Ancón District, Peru

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