#minimalisthome#homedesign#architecture#Naturehouse#house#woodenhouse#blackhouse#argentina Area: 250 m² Year: 2023 Photographs:Juan Segundo Diaz Dopazo Manufacturers: Barbieri, NOI, Peirano, Placa Guatambú, Quadri, Shou Sugi Ban Argentina Lead Architects: Arq. Ayelen Olivieri, Arq. Juan Segundo Diaz Dopazo Interior Design: Maria Cecilia Pombo Photographs: Juan Segundo Diaz Dopazo City: Villa La Angostura Country: Argentina I grew up in Patagonia, and then I studied in Buenos Aires where I met Aye. I always knew that I was going to go back to the south somehow, it really is a special place in the world with unspoiled landscapes that you don't see anywhere else; What I never imagined is that we would have the opportunity to design some houses for my parents, in the middle of an Arrayanes forest. The challenge was to build a boutique-scale tourist complex (250 Square meter), in a native forest of Coihues and Arrayanes, with a steep slope, views, and on the shores of Lake Correntoso, an extremely natural and quiet space. We propose modules of "landscape cabins" for two and three people, which make up one more element in the forest. Melting into it, with a controlled randomness, sharing the same language, but with small differences between them. They found their place where there was no arboreal vegetation, in those vacant spaces. From there, our main objective: An architecture that coexists with the forest, without the need to cut it down. We achieve a spatiality that attracts, that captivates, that melts the limits between the interior and the native forest; in a few square meters. Each cabin, then, forms a monospace, separated into half floors with large strategic windows that expand the space to the outside, taking advantage of the low and leafy crown of the Myrtles not only to make the user feel as part of the forest but also to generate privacy between the volumes and common spaces of the complex.
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I grew up in Patagonia and then I studied in Buenos Aires where I met I. I always
knew that I was going to go back to the south somehow. It really is a special
place in the world with unspoiled landscapes that you don't see anywhere
else. What I never imagined is that we would have the opportunity to design
some houses for my parents in the middle of an orange forest. The challenge was to
build a boutique-scale tourist complex, 250 square meter, in a native forest of
Coyhues and Oranes, with a steep slope, views, and on the shores of Lake
Querentoso, an extremely natural and quiet space. We propose modules of
landscape cabins for two and three people, which make up one more element in
the forest. Melting into it with a controlled randomness, sharing the same
language, but with small differences between them. They found their place
where there was no arboreal vegetation in those vacant spaces. From there, our
main objective, an architecture that coexists with the forest without the
need to cut it down. We achieve a spatiality that attracts, that captivates,
that melts the limits between the interior and the native forest in a few
square meters. Each cabin, then, forms a modest space, separated into half floors
with large strategic windows that expand the space to the outside, taking
advantage of the low and leafy crown of the myrtles, not only to make the user
feel as part of the forest, but also to generate privacy between the volumes and
common spaces of the complex. The bathing and sanitary premises are spacious and
comfortable. The largest house features a free-standing tub with views, to enjoy
a hot immersion bath while we see how it snows through the window. We knew that
the materialization of the project was going to be quite a display, the narrow
terrain, with a slope and many trees to overcome. We opted to build dry on
reinforced concrete foundations, which required calculated and fine logistics.
On the outside, its rocky morphology is covered with the ancient Japanese
technique Shōsugi-ban, which consists of burning the first layer of wooden planks,
in this case eucalyptus, to achieve a unique texture and particularities with
respect to resistance to water, fire retardant capacity, sustainability and
low maintenance and being black, present a background so that the green of the
trees and white of the snow stand out, combined to a lesser extent with
lapacho wood, cinnamon colored hardwood, like the arraigns, glass, black zingaria
and exposed concrete. Inside, a single material coating of Guatambu was used, a
light wood without knots that contrasts perfectly with the exterior and gives a
feeling of spaciousness. A noble material and slabs, aesthetic and quick to place
due to its large size, which also speeded up the construction processes. All the
interior furniture is made of the same wood, generating a clean, monolithic and
very simple appearance that virtualizes the limits between the furniture and the wall.
