Faceted concrete T-shape facade fronts courtyard house in Santa Fe
Triangular facets give a folded appearance to the bare concrete facade of this house in Argentina by local architect Nicolás Campodonico (+ movie).
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Named Casa T&G, the two-storey home is located in the centre of Rosario – a city in the Santa Fe district of Argentina.
Nicolás Campodonico conceived the house as a concrete volume sandwiched between two courtyards. The first of these is screened from the road by a faceted concrete facade, while a glazed wall flanks a second one at the rear.
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A combination of prefabricated and cast in-situ concrete was used to create the opaque T-shape, designed to screen the private interior spaces from the busy street.
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Pedestrian and vehicle entrances are separated by the down-stem of the T, which appears to have been folded diagonally along its centre to give different emphasis to each.
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"Once inside, the space sequence – covered-opened-covered-closed-covered-opened – and the different atmospheres created by light and materials, propose a tour," explained Campodonico.
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"This variety of sections provides spaces with different dimensions and also various light entrances that liven them up and put them in tension," he added.
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Black metal gates with diagonal grillwork cover both entrances, leading through to a paved and covered parking space that transitions into the gravelled courtyard. Here, two slanted walls create a funnel-shaped corridor towards the living spaces, and stepping stones mark out a pathway across the gravel.
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These white walls extend into the house, flanking a kitchen to one side, and a bathroom and bedroom to the other. Clerestory windows bridge the gap between the top of the short angled walls and the concrete ceiling slab.
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A large living room with polished concrete floors, white walls and exposed concrete ceiling slabs occupies the rest of the ground floor. A glazed wall at the back of the space has wide sliding doors that open onto a terrace and a garden beyond.
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A thick strip of concrete, set just slightly lower than the internal ceiling height, spans the boundary walls to provide a canopy for the terrace.
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The gap between the two slab heights is filled by a slender strip of glass, matching the height of the clerestory windows of the bedroom and kitchen.
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Wooden stairs lead from a well by the kitchen to a bedroom and bathroom with matching wooden floors on the upper level.
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Floor-to-ceilin
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An oblong section of grey concrete extends from one side of the upper storey and rests on top of the facade, creating a partial screen from neighbouring houses.
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Photography is by Martin Lavayen.
Project credits:
Architect: Nicolas Campodonico
Collaborators: Martin Lavayen, Tomas Balparda, Pablo Taberna, Virginia Theilig, Soledad Cugno
Engineer: Carlos Geremía
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