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Patio House
San José, Costa Rica
Located in San José, Costa Rica, Casa Patio is a homage to traditional colonial design, where homes open onto an interior courtyard and common areas gather around it.
The massing is defined by the separation of two volumes housing the public and private programs, joined by a central courtyard from which the project takes its name. This arrangement allows the residence to nestle within the existing vegetation while exploring the courtyard-house typology. The layout also enables residents to move through the spaces with complete independence, as a perimeter corridor connects the different rooms to one another.
The project proposes a constant openness toward the central courtyard, planted with native species. The characteristic door-windows that line the entire courtyard perimeter frame the view from within the volumes, making the courtyard the soul of the house. This connection through generous glazing encourages cross ventilation throughout every room and maximizes the use of natural light. The choice of color palette and materiality ensures that the vegetation becomes the primary element in the overall composition of the home.
The white walls keep the spaces brighter and better lit, reducing electricity consumption. Combined with other passive strategies rainwater collection and storage for garden irrigation, and the use of local materials and craftsmanship for furniture design Casa Patio becomes another expression of the pursuit of sustainable architecture informed by local vernacular traditions.
"We like architecture to reveal itself through unique and coherent solutions to the specific conditions of each project solutions that can contribute in terms of place, context, user, and our own architectural curiosity."
The courtyard permeates every room of the house with the intention of letting vegetation take over in search of a quiet, restorative, and serene refuge.
The massing is defined by the separation of two volumes housing the public and private programs, joined by a central courtyard from which the project takes its name. This arrangement allows the residence to nestle within the existing vegetation while exploring the courtyard-house typology. The layout also enables residents to move through the spaces with complete independence, as a perimeter corridor connects the different rooms to one another.
The project proposes a constant openness toward the central courtyard, planted with native species. The characteristic door-windows that line the entire courtyard perimeter frame the view from within the volumes, making the courtyard the soul of the house. This connection through generous glazing encourages cross ventilation throughout every room and maximizes the use of natural light. The choice of color palette and materiality ensures that the vegetation becomes the primary element in the overall composition of the home.
The white walls keep the spaces brighter and better lit, reducing electricity consumption. Combined with other passive strategies rainwater collection and storage for garden irrigation, and the use of local materials and craftsmanship for furniture design Casa Patio becomes another expression of the pursuit of sustainable architecture informed by local vernacular traditions.
"We like architecture to reveal itself through unique and coherent solutions to the specific conditions of each project solutions that can contribute in terms of place, context, user, and our own architectural curiosity."
The courtyard permeates every room of the house with the intention of letting vegetation take over in search of a quiet, restorative, and serene refuge.
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