House Towards The River

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House Towards The River

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Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2010

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

Advantageously,
we could influence the decision of purchasing the land. A 1300 m2 site, 60m in
depth with a flat 30m platform which slopes at 40% toward the Machangara river.
It was
very clear that customers were looking to enhance the river´s view and sounds.
Therefore, the architectural concept sought, since its inception, to achieve
spaces that will provoke discovery and surprise. A threshold between
"public" life and the peace of private living.
The
owner’s desire for privacy developed bipolarity in the architectural personality
in the house. Toward the street, is friendly, with few words, introverted by
its weight and small openings. Toward the interior, progressively, more
extroverted and frank, to finally unveil euphorically the private landscape.
Internal
transparency shows the dramatic view only framed by very light white linear
elements supported by slender steel pillars. Crossing the threshold it shows an
untouched natural panorama that is only revealed for private enjoyment.
As a young
family, the use flexibility was the norm because, what today is a fitness center
someday may be a workshop; or a guest suite may be transformed into a secondary
room. This is accomplished with large sliding doors that split and unify the
spaces by demand.
The social
areas face the landscape through its 6.50m high tempered glass screens that can
be opened as an accordion. This allows connecting the terrace to inner living
along with the river sounds.
On the
ground floor, toward the garden, a swimming pool, cantilevered four meters,
flies over the creek and forms a vantage point that isolates any visual
connection with that which is not nature.
From the
garden, the house shows itself embedded in the gorge, which formally shown as a
white line that loops around the glazing.
The pilgrimage from the street tries to close
outdoor spaces as narrative transitions towards the main door that unveils the
site´s images, smells and sounds.

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Esteban Najas

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House Towards The River

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