Pier House - Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas

The “pier house” was built to house a sailboat during the week and its owners during the weekends. The alternate usage was suggested by the clients, a young couple from São Paulo. <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1slWJ5xjd9PAXBbcGGWY-gft1HA4jqgW5FqX-2PN_Oc004J1Ok1YMQYo5h_6jiOoJliZJbDhF7B9MpTA5bm7_A/p--er-house-1.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1slWJ5xjd9PAXBbcGGWY-gft1HA4jqgW5FqX-2PN_Oc004J1Ok1YMQYo5h_6jiOoJliZJbDhF7B9MpTA5bm7_A/p--er-house-1.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdeZsqUXgnJTfCKEjpsBfkNsEkowj6BObFyN9OcWKsvX_Pec5e9y0JiYihNhOFfnMuMORZo9xJirdPo6Cn0SN7g/p--er-house-2.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdeZsqUXgnJTfCKEjpsBfkNsEkowj6BObFyN9OcWKsvX_Pec5e9y0JiYihNhOFfnMuMORZo9xJirdPo6Cn0SN7g/p--er-house-2.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The proposal was to divide the house in two volumes. The first one is a solid box covered with whitewash, and its “muxarabi” windows filter the light and allow permanent ventilation. It is the result of the region’s typical construction method, a legacy from colonial times. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKqmIo4_5-1zpC6oVXf7fFhDN6Oq5Q5ZZk1372iJHXW9MbXgHRPWdkpUeZ3gY8M105XJuj5a6P7QWlbNWEfnktg/p--er-house-3.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKqmIo4_5-1zpC6oVXf7fFhDN6Oq5Q5ZZk1372iJHXW9MbXgHRPWdkpUeZ3gY8M105XJuj5a6P7QWlbNWEfnktg/p--er-house-3.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plvjq-zYjMzsWwD41agdh58zBg2hrHq3O4xYVHCEM-ehqgcb3nR6W7eWg9UkNS2VWQ8vtvaac6j9TcNXuXxTSCA/p--er-house-4.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plvjq-zYjMzsWwD41agdh58zBg2hrHq3O4xYVHCEM-ehqgcb3nR6W7eWg9UkNS2VWQ8vtvaac6j9TcNXuXxTSCA/p--er-house-4.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The second one was constructed with metal tile and pre-fabricated wood structure. This building has profited from the construction’s industrialization in order to dispense the building site and thus avoid the environmental impact. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOsQr5E8Hufazv1Ps7FZwPS3nlgoXqHZ8G3RymDc3VgJRGNl2JxKXEb6vigBHZT-Mj3Ih4m3X3yjjk3oh3DL19A/p--er-house-5.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOsQr5E8Hufazv1Ps7FZwPS3nlgoXqHZ8G3RymDc3VgJRGNl2JxKXEb6vigBHZT-Mj3Ih4m3X3yjjk3oh3DL19A/p--er-house-5.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr0EP7JooXHK_tkneYHxMO3hY5jhzrbwl4Zz8JYmDb4ptW9xV6iThSUu8ipIYm4j3Fq676k5DXD2V0IxQxg9OXQ/p--er-house-6.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr0EP7JooXHK_tkneYHxMO3hY5jhzrbwl4Zz8JYmDb4ptW9xV6iThSUu8ipIYm4j3Fq676k5DXD2V0IxQxg9OXQ/p--er-house-6.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The house situation in the site has been defined by two premises: the need for proximity to water in order to the boat to enter and preserve the dense vegetation of rainforest. The site is in the Saco do Mamanguá, RJ, a tropical fjord accessible only by boat without power, the very archetype of lost paradise. In this context, the house is pier together the idea of the “noble savage” with modern “eulogy of the machine”.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzk8q2TZjxFvcGhB4uXEPAij0y3ZazH8hUMelS82Gbe46gAsPHxjo9KuevhHde2zzVDUNHndALvZhJuY8HhrZ1A/p--er-house-7.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzk8q2TZjxFvcGhB4uXEPAij0y3ZazH8hUMelS82Gbe46gAsPHxjo9KuevhHde2zzVDUNHndALvZhJuY8HhrZ1A/p--er-house-7.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmPUflGzZwVNJMv1v9xcNDsG80dSVyL1HUWhhvPExK8fsXRj7iamUlJKe6tx5R8ptYXUxq1PuijAxPyPUcF60wQ/p--er-house-8.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmPUflGzZwVNJMv1v9xcNDsG80dSVyL1HUWhhvPExK8fsXRj7iamUlJKe6tx5R8ptYXUxq1PuijAxPyPUcF60wQ/p--er-house-8.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTJVbAbH9Ix7jVeT57DH8cyTe4nCxzajikPwe_eRPXG5yoQItCEaITtyxFJtmg9lYkJXCkkCuzTNcq6qXGJN0CQ/p--er-house-9.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTJVbAbH9Ix7jVeT57DH8cyTe4nCxzajikPwe_eRPXG5yoQItCEaITtyxFJtmg9lYkJXCkkCuzTNcq6qXGJN0CQ/p--er-house-9.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxaP3p5IdpKw2MKkfuFcsd-4yvNuE66eIT1KKIcoOOct9uRE4W5Z07msJ8CbNsVmBtips_c0HoxC4Ac9uxBP8jQ/p--er-house-10.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxaP3p5IdpKw2MKkfuFcsd-4yvNuE66eIT1KKIcoOOct9uRE4W5Z07msJ8CbNsVmBtips_c0HoxC4Ac9uxBP8jQ/p--er-house-10.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">Like a sailboat, poetic symbol of harmony between nature and human condition and, currently, subject of an ultra-sophisticated and green design, the pier house is the house of the “natural man” that makes use of sustainable benefits of technological advance. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQ4g4ovQH-vmK-Ph_QwQKiFwpVpGpbEJdSM1NuvpU6lQ8hba4TE_BdA2T9zEdFF9cqoJ_xqWVc_aQHk2j4RTpMg/p--er-house-11.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQ4g4ovQH-vmK-Ph_QwQKiFwpVpGpbEJdSM1NuvpU6lQ8hba4TE_BdA2T9zEdFF9cqoJ_xqWVc_aQHk2j4RTpMg/p--er-house-11.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Pier House - Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas

The “pier house” was built to house a sailboat during the week and its owners during the weekends. The alternate usage was suggested by the ...

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VOL House - Estudio BaBo

The objective of the Project was the restoration and extension of a single family townhouse, in the area of Palermo within the city of Buenos Aires, from the beginning of the 20th century. The challenge was to update the house to the 21st century way of living.<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pW7w20igKAh1K6MyKFacC1DbfZs27WwIdg9ZkH5xciP-JX3OzQKdrwfJfm8afo4bjptAfTAApaHwuA3Lthh53CsJb1LnVowug/vol-imag-01.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pW7w20igKAh1K6MyKFacC1DbfZs27WwIdg9ZkH5xciP-JX3OzQKdrwfJfm8afo4bjptAfTAApaHwuA3Lthh53CsJb1LnVowug/vol-imag-01.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The house is located in a street passage, one of the few urban sub-systems of this kind which managed to remain almost unchanged. The street is shaped by a row of townhouses each one with a similar arrangement; an inner back patio dividing its single plan in three distinctive spatial units. Over the years some of these houses have been added an extra floor, and their terraces grew up to accommodate new functions such as extra bedrooms, laundry rooms or playrooms. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmz4NCM9wgjqIV46QlG_VnhjoY3wNKXgG5OMpn-FNC3AS86Gtr51FQsppm2tgZVDW7zGcg_f8O6PneRyLy3tuGovcKFfrDThc/vol-imag-02.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmz4NCM9wgjqIV46QlG_VnhjoY3wNKXgG5OMpn-FNC3AS86Gtr51FQsppm2tgZVDW7zGcg_f8O6PneRyLy3tuGovcKFfrDThc/vol-imag-02.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />In the beginning, all of the existing houses shared the same stylistic qualities proper to their period, but as time went by their façades changed to create the eclectic scenery we can enjoy today. Fortunately these changes respected the original overall composition and lines, proportions and mass, maintaining its domestic character and its almost suburban quality.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pThYMSUxQgPBIiQOJvC0E6VDpKcMg6pBXRiRuRsHnFZ4H_7af9HBd58I8Voo8K0RUXEDQE4cVKI1lsk6EGlxevlMP14NR6EGq/vol-imag-03.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pThYMSUxQgPBIiQOJvC0E6VDpKcMg6pBXRiRuRsHnFZ4H_7af9HBd58I8Voo8K0RUXEDQE4cVKI1lsk6EGlxevlMP14NR6EGq/vol-imag-03.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9GxYi2DHZdssBut_zU2qRdaIfTPrTz3ncxiJ56nFlHH_KWM7glNecxr8z2k4Sd_6OwhuszMkIraTcgx6w4MknanoeoBeiX2n/vol-imag-04.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9GxYi2DHZdssBut_zU2qRdaIfTPrTz3ncxiJ56nFlHH_KWM7glNecxr8z2k4Sd_6OwhuszMkIraTcgx6w4MknanoeoBeiX2n/vol-imag-04.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The original building, as interesting as it was, had no real historical value, but, because of all the combined factors detailed above, we decided not to demolish it. We defined the task as an update of the house to accommodate contemporary life, within the existing typology, maintaining the original single elements worth keeping and adding an extension to accommodate the rest of the program.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbniUkISUlTXnXDdnUpiuyjMWzRoLW0ggAB0bnavR7diKqMfhTF98xWbXDWst7NqJM3v7sBzAkFGd3lRk-5kxecBoIZxf72bJ/vol-imag-05.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbniUkISUlTXnXDdnUpiuyjMWzRoLW0ggAB0bnavR7diKqMfhTF98xWbXDWst7NqJM3v7sBzAkFGd3lRk-5kxecBoIZxf72bJ/vol-imag-05.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8mQFziJwBHAPE33NXhgIJhAq_AryURMO3dzqFw3Tdf4NeK2IjT19AqLlwVCbaTivYA4DlzGyXJh5utgamZn00G9zo7_yqYyo/vol-imag-06.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8mQFziJwBHAPE33NXhgIJhAq_AryURMO3dzqFw3Tdf4NeK2IjT19AqLlwVCbaTivYA4DlzGyXJh5utgamZn00G9zo7_yqYyo/vol-imag-06.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The program is spread in two plans and a half-floor plan. The ground floor plan retained the three spatial units around the patio, but reconfigures their uses to match the new way of living. The entrance leads to the central space of the house, containing the patio, and dividing the house in an almost symmetrical arrangement, powered by the twin curved doors leading to the living room and the playroom. These doors are kept as an evocative gesture, although the function of one of them is no longer needed. The main space unit, along the side, contains the public areas of the dwelling, living room, dining room and kitchen. They conform a single space but remain recognizable by the difference in treatment of their ceilings; the original complex Beaux-Arts ceiling of the living room is restored, a much cleaner, but still classic ceiling is added to the dining area, and finally a contemporary negative joint is introduced in the kitchen, creating a progressive transition throughout this space. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pSmhCbnWLiwENpp6eRS2-VKPg2KO936Ap5Kzu_bi1gAF3UZpDNtXD0DOt_nzToHz7HnfQmpgfNyE6-mil7h4x3kqdQO3hWYf9/vol-imag-07.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pSmhCbnWLiwENpp6eRS2-VKPg2KO936Ap5Kzu_bi1gAF3UZpDNtXD0DOt_nzToHz7HnfQmpgfNyE6-mil7h4x3kqdQO3hWYf9/vol-imag-07.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />This is enhanced by positioning the kitchen’s elements parallel to the direction of the room integrating it to the dining area. The space unit on the other side contains; a small bedroom and bathroom, the re-located staircase, in direct relation to the central hall, and the playroom, which is placed towards the street. All of the wooden floors are kept and restored, and the tiles in the central hall are removed and replaced, due to aging and cracks. All of the existing, good quality doors are also kept and re-located along the dwelling. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pVEfz32nBvQk3wCE0RV2JH1jEnBFgPn78_1H0HbhV4LNYidJ3f3sEZIFLIvtlxG4f2GPD5vvhoKz_emMAEWy-sr6ZZ0xiZDs9/vol-imag-08.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pVEfz32nBvQk3wCE0RV2JH1jEnBFgPn78_1H0HbhV4LNYidJ3f3sEZIFLIvtlxG4f2GPD5vvhoKz_emMAEWy-sr6ZZ0xiZDs9/vol-imag-08.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The half-floor plan, now reached by the new interior stair, accommodates another bedroom with its own new bathroom. And as we move up to the first floor, we find ourselves in the completely new extension, built to enhance its connection to the exterior by means of two large glass surfaces, one towards the patio and terrace, and another viewing the street. This new extension contains the main bedroom, with its master bathroom overlooking the passage, and the family studio in connection to the terrace. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9mBA6Pfp_I_1LUYa7GYLHgewttCwre_xJ5ip4WsUNSd70fRDu2Dt-n2ZO0uI4X6wKoTOWWq-yJBt4G8tWOYPBPZthIegADHb/vol-imag-09.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9mBA6Pfp_I_1LUYa7GYLHgewttCwre_xJ5ip4WsUNSd70fRDu2Dt-n2ZO0uI4X6wKoTOWWq-yJBt4G8tWOYPBPZthIegADHb/vol-imag-09.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The newly constructed extension is understood as a whole new volume, positioned to enjoy natural light, while carved so as to avoid the strike of direct sunlight. These carvings generate both, a roofed terrace overlooking the patio and a continuous eave towards the street. The new volume concentrates all of the formal features in the intervention and creates a dialogue with the existing building. Its intention is to act as the top of the classical façade without loosing its contemporary identity. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phLIYW6mtyUV7sJ6MwOt75BaZgMkl6MFLd5SUKozV8VnEIdrJnkAO4C2dfwHR-TaIosLw50_JA83BoRC2v5B_GF03-oBgY8KB/vol-imag-10.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phLIYW6mtyUV7sJ6MwOt75BaZgMkl6MFLd5SUKozV8VnEIdrJnkAO4C2dfwHR-TaIosLw50_JA83BoRC2v5B_GF03-oBgY8KB/vol-imag-10.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The chosen materials where dictated by the existing palette, heart pine floors, cedar and black painted steel for the windows and doors and white plaster finishes for the walls. This repetition allows a sensitive integration throughout the whole building. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLgviUrXc1L1or-7sskqO7R_BC75R-ZJu31vFmWYmsGSW8FkTNIGoH93HiVGTjHJy2E03CULI3IiVPF-5Q2YBJ6a394eyRbop/vol-imag-11.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLgviUrXc1L1or-7sskqO7R_BC75R-ZJu31vFmWYmsGSW8FkTNIGoH93HiVGTjHJy2E03CULI3IiVPF-5Q2YBJ6a394eyRbop/vol-imag-11.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The objective of the intervention is to accommodate the program of a contemporary way of living in a pre-existing built frame, and the generation of a quiet dialogue between new and old. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbII51YmtQBulOvtoweHWszBcF0WlOv2kr-ligMCpRFgpQpc-n9Rx_GBdmr4jHmZ_5DVMoTXVYughthEzjR68LrtbRwF5YdBO/vol-imag-12.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbII51YmtQBulOvtoweHWszBcF0WlOv2kr-ligMCpRFgpQpc-n9Rx_GBdmr4jHmZ_5DVMoTXVYughthEzjR68LrtbRwF5YdBO/vol-imag-12.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left">Architects: <a href="http://www.estudiobabo.com.ar/">Estudio BaBO</a></div><div align="left">Project Team: Marit Stabell, Francisco Kocourek, Francesc Planas Penadés</div><div align="left">Contractor: Hugo Borda Construcciones</div><div align="left">Location: Palermo, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina</div><div align="left">Project Area: 185m2</div><div align="left">Original House Year: 1914<br />Project Year: 2007<br />Construction Year: 2007-2008<br />Photographs: Estudio BaBo<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKGso4ELs4NpSTBZMnYLISRF2BSt_IOZm5Fta7bXiQqFd4Nwn-fhmDYUPcEleA0RbqqWmBngpDsGLFgHkb9lJyprn08a7rZPc/vol-plantas.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKGso4ELs4NpSTBZMnYLISRF2BSt_IOZm5Fta7bXiQqFd4Nwn-fhmDYUPcEleA0RbqqWmBngpDsGLFgHkb9lJyprn08a7rZPc/vol-plantas.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8lnaGAvMOyTmOIrX4uozoMYGULD_LndwbMBSaBc8azvVoUDXufY-qiD4bxdueYQJD7Y3IvJD4C6pMA2HJzrf-A/vol-corte-01.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8lnaGAvMOyTmOIrX4uozoMYGULD_LndwbMBSaBc8azvVoUDXufY-qiD4bxdueYQJD7Y3IvJD4C6pMA2HJzrf-A/vol-corte-01.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMqZ8nTH3-O6FFdM8u8PZWUTMJ7aEBT-CLvYNxyDicVuPI-cNeqlrJX7_WYMEEPVnhJbyelHwkTY3Jy_eRTegPw/vol-corte-02.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Vol, Estudio BaBo, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMqZ8nTH3-O6FFdM8u8PZWUTMJ7aEBT-CLvYNxyDicVuPI-cNeqlrJX7_WYMEEPVnhJbyelHwkTY3Jy_eRTegPw/vol-corte-02.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br />VIA: <a href="http://tecnohaus.blogspot.com/2010/08/casa-vol-estudio-babo.html" target="_blank">TECNOHAUS</a>

VOL House - Estudio BaBo

The objective of the Project was the restoration and extension of a single family townhouse, in the area of Palermo within the city of Bueno...

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360 House - Subarquitectura

A unique opportunity for us is in reality a problema that’s been posed thousands of times: to construct a house with a public programme of social relation, associated with the prívate life of a numerous family on a sloping plot of land with privileged views of the mountains outside Madrid. It has no one solution, there are many, they’re even catalogued in books about houses of a slope.<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAWtDiA86JtLwohj95eRGsxWpQzf9oQ11GfZkZnBerSLpZeXj16i_x80h_OVT774_isdJsDkuH6LUR3SGmVpspw/3601.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAWtDiA86JtLwohj95eRGsxWpQzf9oQ11GfZkZnBerSLpZeXj16i_x80h_OVT774_isdJsDkuH6LUR3SGmVpspw/3601.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />We try not to think of domestic spaces. On the contrary, we take as a point of reference works of engineering, motorway intersections, changes of direction. We proceed from generic solutions to the problem of descending, solutions that conceal great plasticity. We seek the poetic in all that seems to have been considered from the merely pragmatic point of view. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNLBkmKcLeeUy77LE-lqM4nT9tbb_CqsOWLNgaeIWyBWUvQ9EpTtb6WHP-VG7abkJfmYHHx5rExFveCXFrESDzw/3602.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNLBkmKcLeeUy77LE-lqM4nT9tbb_CqsOWLNgaeIWyBWUvQ9EpTtb6WHP-VG7abkJfmYHHx5rExFveCXFrESDzw/3602.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phD2VdMrRuzPwdvRu0BdKKw5v8GGhwgPM_AifUDVrvzfluMgFoSuBvS0JNqadILaiEMSjgslp8_MSwarLEXAPbQ/3603.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phD2VdMrRuzPwdvRu0BdKKw5v8GGhwgPM_AifUDVrvzfluMgFoSuBvS0JNqadILaiEMSjgslp8_MSwarLEXAPbQ/3603.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The result is the literal construction of a use diagram. In this instance, form does not follow function, but is instead function itself. Cyclical movement, routine and surprise turn into a way of living. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQ9l-ajSd_0nioRLxZ9N_GdNu9oNr6X9Q7OsDYfMCbVVdGz-uP7ZrN70MLrkjnILehfkd-s46JebcnCxGwWLsmg/3604.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQ9l-ajSd_0nioRLxZ9N_GdNu9oNr6X9Q7OsDYfMCbVVdGz-uP7ZrN70MLrkjnILehfkd-s46JebcnCxGwWLsmg/3604.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdd2QZd-xW5xo7N3xz0OSaUK3c6ayCCML8NYhXhWsfVJYxsUXfM7dLxmstFxto522MYY6NaYn-JTlcvqomfy4RA/3605.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdd2QZd-xW5xo7N3xz0OSaUK3c6ayCCML8NYhXhWsfVJYxsUXfM7dLxmstFxto522MYY6NaYn-JTlcvqomfy4RA/3605.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Its formal complexity offers the possibility of reaching all points of the house through two different routes, which multiply the possibilities of use and enjoyment. It has the form of a loop, 360º, like the shapes skaters make, like of gymnasts, as artistic as they are precise. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2qLL_r64txfYsRz8QgrhsU5Mur8Dswik4NvO9SJA8j-ykWE5fUgPmu5Re-J8csVG6Z4n5v-CZpfIb5Cq_mkNnQ/3606.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2qLL_r64txfYsRz8QgrhsU5Mur8Dswik4NvO9SJA8j-ykWE5fUgPmu5Re-J8csVG6Z4n5v-CZpfIb5Cq_mkNnQ/3606.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pO-YaRkD7-FPDvh1xtH7HtCe5lUnywOuruM0FKDUVLNPkNr8FQWZ6idAHEqP4freFPytvQk0ZNPaX0g35lbcuBg/3607.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pO-YaRkD7-FPDvh1xtH7HtCe5lUnywOuruM0FKDUVLNPkNr8FQWZ6idAHEqP4freFPytvQk0ZNPaX0g35lbcuBg/3607.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />An extreme shape, the house is curved, generating the greatest quantity of linear meters towards the good views. It is shored up in the landscape and turns back on itself, completing the revolution.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwNdo1Q_BfSDPYaDL_KcyQ-nDx-VwdS15IAeDxJySO4gMLtKXswMa7UmuOVi0JUD3fFlu5pTkQSceDohPZFhXwA/3608.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwNdo1Q_BfSDPYaDL_KcyQ-nDx-VwdS15IAeDxJySO4gMLtKXswMa7UmuOVi0JUD3fFlu5pTkQSceDohPZFhXwA/3608.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwNdo1Q_BfSBW71RPXxVlJ5IMkIe5_AbrFKZ1cTJ7JS6ly0loaOxX-UNhtX1xbu7V7w_qNkXlXbn6_qkWUV1HvA/3609.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwNdo1Q_BfSBW71RPXxVlJ5IMkIe5_AbrFKZ1cTJ7JS6ly0loaOxX-UNhtX1xbu7V7w_qNkXlXbn6_qkWUV1HvA/3609.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The degree of intimacy increases as the distance to the ends increases. At the midpoint, a mediatheque, isolated and completely dark, 100 % technology, 0 % landscape.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9dQ-g8lR6vD5wCSi06Pj6M04AEPyWMZWQfla7CnqJzEpQhevgK4vIHjBzQJ0vZQbqFfgkvqAGKiNa8U5aDU5KA/36010.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9dQ-g8lR6vD5wCSi06Pj6M04AEPyWMZWQfla7CnqJzEpQhevgK4vIHjBzQJ0vZQbqFfgkvqAGKiNa8U5aDU5KA/36010.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBWHdcdxwY03bk7P_6cXYliFLYBtuKSrvhvQbaIr1XKfb6--RnAnQ82wsT1-D0kG5CBfVon72x8Oxt17cd_Y2vQ/36011.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBWHdcdxwY03bk7P_6cXYliFLYBtuKSrvhvQbaIr1XKfb6--RnAnQ82wsT1-D0kG5CBfVon72x8Oxt17cd_Y2vQ/36011.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br />With a single gesture two ways of moving are generated: going down and looking outwards. The long house, a sinuous movement, a descent by ramp and ample turning radii tangential to the setbacks of the plot of land generate a panoramic vision. The short house, the quick way in a straight line, stairs of direct descent and a deep view towards the landscape.<br /><br />A building that is black outside, absorbent, of slate, a material specific to the location, imposed as an aesthetic specification of the area. White inside, reflective, generic, neutral, and luminous. Life incorporates colour, outside with the vegetation and inside with the people.<br /><br /><br /><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.subarquitectura.com/" target="_blank">Subarquitectura</a></div><div align="left">Location: Galapagar, Madrid, España</div><div align="left">Project Year: 2010<br />Photographs: David Frutos<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pg3xjMGnVSgyG4wo5RJ42uvCdrUitFuFo8YAisnP0iZ16j8to9YmSNk11Oi7q2n1FBmkQ4pJ_jhJBCeh0dtBu3g/planta.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pg3xjMGnVSgyG4wo5RJ42uvCdrUitFuFo8YAisnP0iZ16j8to9YmSNk11Oi7q2n1FBmkQ4pJ_jhJBCeh0dtBu3g/planta.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pp2qG14rUGassFt2CM_52CWNC3sgc5JgZ_M5pi7e43AQB7wbRXcSC0zsQ3Jz8Y0LkI4ebzT5um-4vuRVtU5vFqw/36012.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pp2qG14rUGassFt2CM_52CWNC3sgc5JgZ_M5pi7e43AQB7wbRXcSC0zsQ3Jz8Y0LkI4ebzT5um-4vuRVtU5vFqw/36012.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pT4QXHk0nGqtA_byxb-DVK4iV6RLUEG4s16wkXxWUJkDB0Wqr-VbZuBkiZCRekOV5oN-jjJhe5RPoNtD8Ll7uTw/36015.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pT4QXHk0nGqtA_byxb-DVK4iV6RLUEG4s16wkXxWUJkDB0Wqr-VbZuBkiZCRekOV5oN-jjJhe5RPoNtD8Ll7uTw/36015.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pT4QXHk0nGqvSGZS_T7kbf7WrTPm61FVorQAU9b_bAGT5dBKvao1feBSIubuBMnEXaDIseenMzURq8uow-tajbQ/36014.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pT4QXHk0nGqvSGZS_T7kbf7WrTPm61FVorQAU9b_bAGT5dBKvao1feBSIubuBMnEXaDIseenMzURq8uow-tajbQ/36014.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6h37js-C331XwjVTfc5ivCV3lAL14-Xw_1tcv0c3WZ5EkiRp16s9KTd3uL4MHYpKZb4___Wv8mjfQPnSJ0UDgQ/36013.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Vivienda Colectiva, Edificio Gen Carmen Sylva, Chauriye Stäger Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6h37js-C331XwjVTfc5ivCV3lAL14-Xw_1tcv0c3WZ5EkiRp16s9KTd3uL4MHYpKZb4___Wv8mjfQPnSJ0UDgQ/36013.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />VIA: <a href="http://tecnohaus.blogspot.com/2010/08/casa-360-subarquitectura.html" target="_blank">TECNOHAUS</a>

360 House - Subarquitectura

A unique opportunity for us is in reality a problema that’s been posed thousands of times: to construct a house with a public programme of s...

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