Set Ideas completes two modular home prototypes in Argentina

Argentinian studio Set Ideas has completed two small cabins in Córdoba that aim to offer high-quality living spaces within a tight footprint.

Encompassing only 40 square metres, the TINY_MOD cabins – which stands for Tiny Module – were completed in 2021. The small, black cabins are located in Córdoba, the capital of the eponymous province where Set Ideas' office is established.

The modular home prototypes are in Argentina

Each of the rectangular buildings has openings in its corrugated metal facade to accommodate sliding doors that open into the main living area.

The bedroom is at one end of the space and is behind a storage wall, which gives it some privacy.

Storage space gives the bedroom privacy

On the other end, the architects included the bathroom and kitchen, grouped together. The remainder of the area is dedicated to the living room and can fit a sofa or dining table.

"We are creating an efficient response to interior spatiality and the use of resources and space, so that with fewer elements, we live better," said Set Ideas.

"Where does the smell of coffee live more intensely? In a large cup of coffee with milk or in a cup of ristretto?"

Plywood lines the interiors

The interiors are lined with plywood, giving the spaces an intimate and comfortable feeling. Because of their small size, these buildings can be heated with a high-efficiency wood-burning stove.

"The interior space is simple, but the implementation is everything," said Set Ideas.

Outside of one prototype, overhanging panels made up of a steel frame and wooden staves provide shade to the exterior, creating an outdoor seating area almost as large as the interior space itself.

The other prototype is accessed by a metal staircase

The other prototype is built on a steeper piece of land, so the architects included a metal staircase with a covered landing to provide access to the unit.

"These are two modular works, two houses in particular contexts, with particular situations and with specific designs," the office explained.

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"Pre-agreed standards and modulations facilitate the process and the way in they are built and designed," they added. "The proposal from the studio is to industrialize architecture and everything that concerns it."

Set Ideas has applied these principles to larger projects as well. It completed a thorough renovation to a house in Córdoba, extending the original home's living spaces with a steel-and-glass extension at the back of the property.

The cabins are located in Córdoba

Other modular designs include a triangular cabin by Atelier Craft and ICI! that is designed for migrants in Paris, and Cosmic ADU, a US startup that claims to have developed a construction process that generates more electricity than it uses.

The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.

Project credits:
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Architects in charge:** Arq. Carlos Arias, Arq. Heriberto Martinez, Arq Pedro Ruiz Funes, Arq. Tomas Camuyrano.
Design team: Arq. Tomas Camuyrano, Arq. Clara Maldonado
Engineer: Ing. Lucas Crespi
Landscape: Francisco Pascualini
Interiors: Florencia Negrete – Neo interior

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Baldio Arquitectura designs Córdoba row house around existing carob tree

Baldio Arquitectura has completed a small apartment with light wells and a central tree as part of a residential complex in Córdoba.

The project, named Three Houses and a Carob Tree, is located in Córdoba, the capital of Argentina's eponymous province.

Completed in 2021, it began as a commission for Baldio Arquitectura to design two houses on a lot with a mature carob tree, also called a locust tree.

Baldio Arquitectura designed a row house in Córdoba

But the Córdoba-based studio wanted to challenge this brief and attempt to provide a third living unit on the plot. This third unit was built to accommodate the living tree.

"Córdoba suffers from the consequences of the horizontal expansion of urban sprawl, towards the small mountains Northwest of the city," said the studio.

The complex has two three-storey and one two-storey homes

"Our position regarding the commission was from the outset to find a way to densify the lot through the incorporation of a third unit."

All three homes are built within a single volume that is divided into two three-storey houses and a smaller house on the end. Despite their difference in scale, each of the homes counts two bedrooms.

The larger duplexes have stark-white stairwells

The ground floors of the larger homes are designed to facilitate openness. This level has no columns or walls and can open at either end for cross-ventilation, to park a car, or to set up a large gathering.

"During the pandemic, we were more aware than ever of the need to have this extra flexible space in homes, which can easily become a work area, virtual classes, or simply leisure, a place to escape from the routine," said Baldio Arquitectura.

The third apartment was built around the existing carob tree

A compact staircase leads from this space to the living and dining rooms, which are adjacent to a kitchenette. On the upper levels, openings in the floor bring more light to the interiors and offer views of a central yard with greenery in it.

Balconies run along the front of the building too, which are partially enclosed by a white mesh screen facing the street. Along with the courtyards and their operable windows, this feature allows the living spaces to be cross-ventilated in the hot summer months.

The tree fills a courtyard

"There was a lot of thought about sustainability in this project. We understand it not as the use of complex technology for energy savings, but as the incorporation of passive air conditioning resources," the architects explained.

The top floor contains two bedrooms, which share a bathroom on the landing.

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The smaller house has a similar layout, although the living and dining area are located on the ground floor. Here, an existing carob tree was preserved, acting as the focal point.

An open staircase divides the front and back parts of the home. "The spatial continuities are very interesting in this house, where the patios are considered as one more interior, linking them to the spaces for use," said Baldio Arquitectura.

The simple interiors are contrasted with colourful furniture

"The staircase, always at the center of these programs and in relation to the carob tree," they added.

All three homes were built with a concrete frame painted white. The interiors are minimally decorated, with certain accent pieces like a light blue couch and a marble backsplash in the kitchen bringing some colour to the space.

Other projects in Argentina include a row-house project with gardens elevated above street level for privacy, and a brick-fronted apartment block in Rosario with "atypical" unit layouts.

The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.

Project credits:
Architecture office: Baldio Arquitectura
Architects in charge: Arch. Maria Paula Albrieu, Arch. Lucrecia Caceres
Design team: Arch. Maria Paula Albrieu, Arch. Lucrecia Caceres, Arch. Melisa Alaminos and Arch. Lourdes Cuadro
Development: BRIEU, Construction and development
Engineering: Ing. Edgar Morán

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Colle-Croce completes all-white steel home in Buenos Aires

Argentinian architectural office Colle-Croce has designed this white home on a compact lot in Buenos Aires to make the most of the available outdoor space.

Colle-Croce, based in the city, completed Casa Tronador for an infill lot between two existing party walls, in a neighbourhood that includes a mix of private homes and shops.

A reflective pool provides a tranquil atmosphere in the home's garden

The architects decided to place the living areas at the back of the plot.

This decision opens up the ground floor to a terrace, which has a reflective pool in order to provide a tranquil atmosphere. Overhead, steel beams run across the garden.

Overhead, steel beams run across the garden

The 150-square-metre home includes three bedrooms, and is laid out over as many floors. The ground floor includes the home's entertaining areas, which open to the yard via sliding glass doors.

The yard also contains an outdoor kitchen, a key feature in many Argentinian houses due to the nation's tradition of asado – communal grilling.

The house has three bedrooms

At the front of the property is another small exterior space, giving the dining room access to fresh air from two sides.

"The ground floor, the living room, dining room and kitchen expand to the garden," said Colle-Croce.

"Every first category space ventilates to a yard whose proportion and orientation allows excellent conditions," the studio added. "The backyard allows natural lighting at the services spaces, providing cross-ventilation."

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On the first floor, the architects included two bedrooms, which share a bathroom on the landing. The second floor contains the primary bedroom, which enjoys its own ensuite and a walk-through closet.

Within each of the bedrooms, Colle-Croce included a small balcony that looks out onto the terrace. The rooftop has an expansive terrace, which the architects describe as a "lookout" to see the neighbourhood better.

A restrained palette was applied to all areas of the home

A restrained palette was applied to the house, rendering in white almost every surface, including walls, cupboards, railings and beams.

The flooring on the upper levels were left in a natural wood finish. On the ground floor, tiles match the exterior paving.

Almost every surface is rendered in white

Colle-Croce is led by Sebastián Colle and Rodolfo Croce, who both attended the University of Buenos Aires, and together oversaw this project.

Other projects in the Argentinian capital include a residence that is topped with arched brick vaults by Fabrizio Pugliese, and a home in the outskirts of the city by Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos that marks its entrance with a dramatic cantilever.

The photography is byFederico Kulekdjian.

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Wooden slats shroud Córdoba House by Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos

Argentinian architects Nicolás Barrionuevo and Juan Villanueva have completed an isolated home in Luyaba that is wrapped by a terrace with operable wooden screens.

The Obra Luyaba project is located in Traslasierra Valley in Córdoba and occupies a steep and isolated lot. "Getting there requires taking some precautions, and the notion of neighbour is not present," said the architects.

The house has sweeping views of the landscape

Sweeping views of the mountainous surroundings are the greatest asset of the project, and enhancing this experience was the focus for Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos, which is based in Córdoba.

"The value of the site is nature, which has the leading role as soon as the paved road is abandoned," said the architects.

Operable wooden screens wrap the building's facade

"The work becomes present between the winding road, the mountain topography and the vegetation. Once there, the project takes centre stage for a moment, only to immediately return it."

"You can't compete with that environment," they explained.

The home is entered via a concrete staircase

Elevating the main living spaces gave the home better views of the landscape while creating a covered terrace at ground level with an outdoor kitchen.

The 270-square-metre home is entered via a concrete staircase that extends from the driveway.

Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos elevated the house's living spaces

This leads to the main level, which is an L-shaped volume that contains the bedrooms in one leg, and the public areas in the other.

The communal spaces extend out towards the mountainous scenery and are wrapped with full-height wooden shutters. These can be opened or closed to provide shade and prevent overheating through the glass facade.

Shelving is formed from warm wooden blocks

An open kitchen and a dining room at the back of the house are visually separated from the main living space by a fireplace. The structural concrete used for the roof is visible throughout the interiors.

"The structure supports the loads, defines the space, the uses and the material expression," said the architects. "In collaboration with the wooden sieves, [the concrete structure] conditions and influences the sunlight and the views."

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Perpendicular to the communal spaces are the home's three bedrooms, which are laid out along a corridor.

The intersection of both volumes contains a terrace, with an additional staircase that leads to a pool uphill from the main residence.

Exposed concrete defines the project

In addition to the exposed concrete, light-coloured tiles serve as an interior and exterior floor finish, lending some continuity between both areas.

These creamy tones are offset by warm wooden accents used for furniture, shelving, and the battens that shroud the living spaces.

Light glows through the wooden screens at night

Other projects recently completed in Argentina's Córdoba province include a home designed to resemble an ancient medieval village by Nanzer + Vitas and a stone-and-concrete residence that lets north light into all living spaces.

The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.

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S_estudio designs Casa Genaro in Córdoba to be wheelchair accessible

Smooth floors and wide thresholds are among the accessible design elements in a house designed by Argentine firm S_estudio for a family with a disabled son.

Casa Genaro is located in the La Cascada Country Golf neighbourhood in Córdoba, Argentina.

Casa Genaro is made up of plastered ceramic blocks

The project is named after the owners' son, Genaro, who uses a wheelchair and has a short life expectancy. The clients desired a house that would be comfortable for their child.

Situated on an irregularly shaped property, the 382-square-metre dwelling consists of two offset bars that stretch from east to west.

Each volume is topped with a pitched, metal roof

The house was constructed using a traditional masonry system of plastered ceramic blocks, which are painted white. Each volume is topped with a pitched, metal-clad roof that communicates a notion of shelter.

The home's street-facing elevation is on the east, where the team placed a wood-faced, two-car garage. A step-free pathway leads toward the front door.

An open kitchen forms part of the home's "social hall"

"A sequence without unevenness enlivens the arrival of the house to the natural terrain and works as a bellows between the private interior and the more public exterior," said local firm S_estudio.

The entrance leads into a wide, central hallway illuminated by skylights. The home's programming is arrayed along this corridor.

A central hallway is illuminated by skylights

"The house is the result of alternatives that achieve the highest level of accessibility and independence with the fewest number of routes, without altering the privacy of all the functions it contains," said the studio.

To one side of the hallway are bedrooms, a game room and a small office space. Opening toward the south, this area receives the best quality of daylight for Genaro's daily recreational activities, the team said.

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To the other is the "social hall", which consists of an open kitchen, dining area and living room. Large stretches of glass and sliding doors provide a connection to a covered patio, a swimming pool and a grassy yard.

"The social nave, hierarchical through its great height and sloping ceiling, opens to the north orientation in search of the exterior spaces," the team said.

Large stretches of glass and sliding doors lead to a covered patio

"A gallery in relation to the living and dining area, without slopes and completely glazed, gives continuity to the pool."

The team incorporated a system of sliding and folding curtains that modulate daylight and provide privacy. Other interior elements include smooth porcelain flooring, wide thresholds and limited partitions.

Casa Genaro is especially designed to be accessible to wheelchair users

Other wheelchair-friendly homes include an English house by Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt that aims to makes life easier for its occupant, while not compromising on design quality.

The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.

Project credits:

Architecture firm: S_estudio
Architect in charge: Bruno Sileoni
Design team: Bruno Sileoni, Jesica Grötter, Lautaro Giuggia Monteverde, Rocío Rueda Coll
Engineering: Marcelo Bonafé
Facilities: Labrin Ingeniera Sanitaria
Lighting design: LBLD

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Mariano Fiorentini creates concrete Casa Golf in Argentina

Local architect Mariano Fiorentini has completed an Argentinian house next to a golf course that was designed to look like a "huge block of concrete".

Casa Golf is located within a gated community on the outskirts of Rosario, a large city in the Santa Fe province of Argentina. Designed for a couple with three children, the home sits on a 2,000-square-metre plot overlooking a golf course.

Casa Golf is clad in concrete

Local architect Fiorentini sought to find a balance between open and private, natural and urban, and large and domestic at the house.

"In addition to maximising land use to respond to an extensive program of needs, the project explores the duality inherent to this type of urbanisation," the architect said.

Mariano Fiorentini designed the house with aluminium shutters

Rectangular in plan, the 838-square-metre home has three levels – a main floor with communal spaces, a more private upper level and a basement for leisure purposes.

Exterior surfaces consist of dark-hued stucco and exposed concrete, with windows covered with aluminium shutters. The home is closed off in the front but opens up in the rear, where it looks toward the golf course.

The front-facing elevation comprises a cantilevered box

The front-facing elevation comprises a box that slightly cantilevers over the level below. This front face has two voids, the architect said.

One is a garage near the centre of the elevation. The other is a side pathway, which connects to the home's main entry door and a rear barbecue area.

The entrance sits adjacent to a garden covered with a pergola made of concrete beams

"From the outside, the house is perceived as a solid unit, like a large, concrete container that floats austerely over two voids," the architect said.

"From there, the huge block of concrete unfolds toward the landscape and mirrors the undulating topography of the golf course to generate a zigzagging series of fills and voids."

A double-height living room can be found inside

The home's entrance sits adjacent to a lush garden covered with a pergola made of concrete beams.

Within the dwelling, there is a centrally placed, double-height living room that was designed to protect "the intimacy of family life". Openings surround the room and bring in daylight.

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The openings include a covered patio, a glazed wall lining the garage, and several windows offering sight lines of upper-level terraces and the sky.

"The large glazing of these intermediate spaces – with their contrast of transparencies and reflections – place the living room in the great ‘all-seeing eye' by organically integrating all the activities of the house," the studio said.

"This creates a domestic and pleasantly controlled environment within a large-scale spatial proposal."

Neutral tones feature in the kitchen

Interior finishes include concrete walls, porcelain flooring and rich-toned wood.

In the communal spaces, tall, gauzy curtains modulate the amount of light flowing into the home.

Casa Golf was designed so that light floods the home

Stretching along the west bank of the Paraná River, Rosario is the third most populous city in Argentina.

Other recent projects in the city include a housing complex by BBOA that features white brick walls and angled roofs and a long concrete house by Pablo Gagliardo with a roof slab that dramatically extends over a patio and staircase.

The photography is byRamiro Sosa.

Project credits:

Architect, project manager and interior designer: Mariano Fiorentini
Collaborators: Paulina Medina, Joana Severini, Leonel Bertuccelli, Ignacio Foyatier
Constructors: Edilizia, Constructions Developments
Structural calculations: Sergio Faci, Federico Zegna Rata
Lighting advisor: Fernando Piedrabuena
Acoustics advisors: Pablo J. Miechi, Vivian Pasch
Landscaping: Flora Martín

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Estudio Mola completes block of elevated row houses in Buenos Aires

Brick screens and patterned metal shutters wrap the outside of this block of row houses in Buenos Aires that was developed by local architects Estudio Mola.

The Complejo 8 ("Complex 8") project is located in Castelar, a city in Argentina that is part of the broader Buenos Aires metropolitan area. As the name suggests, it offers eight single-family residences on the same lot.

Brick screens provide privacy

Estudio Mola, which is also based in Castelar, divided the longitudinal block into eight row houses, creating exposures on the front and back of each residence.

The 1,400-square-metres building is elevated above the street, which creates a parking space underneath each house.

Estudio Mola added patterned metal shutters to the facades

"The ground floor serves as a main pedestrian and vehicular entrance to all the units," said Estudio Mola.

"There is a pedestrian circulation next to a long concrete wall that guides us to each of the brick boxes, which serve as a private access to each living unit," it added.

An open-concept living space opens onto the backyard

On the intermediate floor, the architects designed an open-concept kitchen, living, and dining room that opens out to the backyard.

Because of a grade change on site, they were able to include this outdoor space on the upper level, which is higher than the surrounding streets.

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Each of the resident's gardens is separated by a perforated brick wall, offering some privacy without making the outdoor space feel too enclosed.

An open concrete staircase leads residents to the top floor, where the typical layout offers three bedrooms and a bathroom. To enclose the private spaces on this floor, the architects designed a system of white metal shutters.

White metal shutters were incorporated on the top floor

Since the top floor has a larger footprint, it has the appearance of a uniform volume that fills the entire lot. "The idea of expanding up and out is something very characteristic of this project," said the architects.

"It allows us to connect each home to the outside, receive better sunlight due the elevation of the garden, and keep the vehicle areas isolated," they explained.

White walls were left exposed

On the inside, the studio took a more restrained approach, leaving exposed white walls, raw concrete ceilings, and simple wooden flooring. At either end of the long block, small courtyards filled with vegetation mark a contrast to the building's palette.

Other projects in Buenos Aires include a courtyard house that was extended with a glass-and-steel volume, and a sensitive renovation to a home from the 1930s by Torrado Arquitectos.

The photography is byJavier Agustin Rojas.

**Project credits:
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Project managers: Alejo Fernandez, Lucas Geya
Design team: Francisco Ricart, Julian Marchetti, Gimena Caffo, Alejo Del Grosso, Marcos Bartellone
Engineer: Claudio Ianesse

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Set Ideas extends Fluid House in Argentina using glass and steel

Argentinian office Set Ideas has added a glass-and-steel extension to a house in the mountains of Córdoba, using a modular structure to enlarge the resident's living spaces.

Completed earlier in 2021, the project is dubbed Fluid House, and entailed a thorough remodel of an existing home in the central province of Argentina.

The extension is made from glass and steel

Set Ideas, an office that is based in Córdoba's Villa Allende, employed its signature modular steel system to create new living spaces within the home.

"We took advantage of the spectacular vistas and the original layout of the house to generate a modular metal structure," Set Ideas explained.

An outdoor lounge area features a fireplace and grill

The intervention is first seen from the street, where a new gate provides more privacy for the home's residents.

Black metal pickets now front the building, giving only glimpses of the residence beyond. Behind these, the architects laid out a new outdoor lounge area, with a fireplace and grill.

The extension is arranged over four storeys

To the home itself, Set Ideas added a four-storey volume that is attached to the existing stone structure. Because of the site's steep slope, this addition meets the scale of the current property.

"We re-evaluated the functionality of the house on each of the existing levels, giving precedence and visual importance to what was previously built," said Set Ideas.

An open staircase connects the living room and kitchen

"We designed and built everything in metal on the house, to make old and new as one complete project," the studio told Dezeen.

The extension itself is made of black steel structural supports and windows, complemented with plywood panels that form guardrails and ceilings.

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On the ground floor, the architects included a new living room, which enjoys sweeping views of the lush surroundings and is connected to a dine-in kitchen below by an open staircase.

"With few but significant elements, we managed to make the space flow through a modular structure," said Set Ideas.

Set Ideas also added a home office as part of the extension

Set Ideas also used the intervention as an opportunity to create a new storage room in the cellar, as well as a small home office perched on the top floor. In total, the new floor area encompasses 130 square metres.

Technical improvements were also made to the existing structure, including new windows throughout the home, and a refurbishment of the existing masonry facade.

The glass and steel structures joins an existing masonry facade

Other projects in Córdoba include a residence that Argentinian studio Nanzer + Vitas designed to resemble a ruined medieval village using local stones cast into concrete formwork, and a home that architect Edgardo Marveggio designed for his ex-wife that features intricate textures on its walls.

_The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte. _

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Nanzer + Vitas conceive mountain house in Argentina as a ruined village

Argentinian architects Nanzer + Vitas modelled this home in the mountains of Córdoba province on a medieval village, clustering together distinct stone volumes with varying heights and roof profiles.

Casa DP is located in Capilla del Monte, a mountainous area roughly 100 kilometres north-east of Córdoba city.

Casa DP is located in Capilla del Monte, a town in a mountainous region of Argentina's Córdoba province

Completed in 2020, the 290-square-metre house was conceived as "a concrete and stone promontory emerging from the hill," according to Nanzer + Vitas.

The architects wanted the home to sit comfortably on its site, which is surrounded by greenery and enjoys views of the mountainous terrain.

The entrance to the home is under a protruding concrete box

"We were interested in the physical expression of the unfinished, the ways in which the work is gradually taken over by the landscape," the team said.

Their analogy for the house is a ruined medieval village, with volumes of different sizes and heights clustered together and partially hidden among the trees.

The architects worked with local craftspeople to build the walls using stone and concrete

"Such condition is the final form with which architecture enters in communion with nature and returns to it," said the studio.

Five square modules, each measuring five metres in length, form the main volumes of the home. Some of the interstitial spaces between them are enclosed, while others are used as patios.

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Continuing in the comparison to a village, the architects liken the circulation spaces to streets and plazas running through the home.

Because of the site's slope, the house is approached from the lower level, where a large concrete cantilever marks the entrance. On this floor, there is a music rehearsal room and a children's bedroom.

A music rehearsal room can be found on the lower level

A short flight of steps leads up to the kitchen, living and dining room, which forms the heart of the home and is located between the stone volumes that hold the private spaces.

The kitchen, described as "the centre of gravity of the life in this house", is anchored by a long concrete countertop and lit by full-height glass walls on all four sides.

The kitchen forms the heart of the home

"It's a place to stay, where the interior communicates openly and in different directions with the exterior space and the power of its landscape," said Nanzer + Vitas.

Towards the back of the home, a separate living area is contained within another concrete cube. The owner's private sleeping quarters are located upstairs, adjoining an ensuite bathroom.

Exposed materials including polished concrete floors contrast with furniture pieces

Nanzer + Vitas worked with local masons to create the unique texture of the walls, which are built from quarried stone that is cast together with concrete, partially revealing the underlying stone pattern.

"The material condition defines and qualifies this house," said the architects. "It is through the material that the technique used throughout the whole is expressed."

The house enjoys views of the mountainous terrain

Most of the structural materials are exposed through the interiors, including the floors formed from polished concrete.

Furnishings provide some warmth and contrast to the overall composition.

The building is intended to evoke a ruined medieval village

Nanzer + Vitas co-founder Christian Nanzer has also worked with Mariela Marchisio and Germán Margherit to complete a building made up of three houses only 3.13 metres wide in Córdoba, while other homes in the province include a house with textured walls that architect Edgardo Marveggio designed for his ex-wife.

The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.

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White walls enclose Casa La Hornilla by STC Arquitectos in Argentina

Concrete, sheet metal and large stretches of glass form the exterior of a home in the province of Córdoba by Argentine firm STC Arquitectos.

The project is named after its location in La Hornilla, a suburb of Alta Gracia. The single-storey home sits on a 20- by 50-metre property in the highlands, with views of both the city and the hills.

Argentinian studio STC Arquitectos has built a white house in La Hornilla

Córdoba firm STC Arquitectos conceived the 168-square-metre home as a flexible building that could adapt to the client's daily needs.

"The house can either be divided to remain isolated, connected to assemble, closed to ensure privacy, or open to enjoy the landscape and outdoor areas,” the architects said.

The home is wrapped in metal sheets

The home is composed of a low-lying, rectangular box adjoined to a carport in the front and a covered terrace in the rear. The design allows for future expansions, either horizontally or vertically.

The main volume's structure is made of brick and reinforced concrete. The carport and patio are surrounded by white sheet metal affixed to a metal frame.

The entrance is on the east side of the building

Large stretches of glass provide transparency and usher in natural light.

The home is entered on the east, where a gently sloping ramp leads to the front door. The ramp forms part of a circulation path that runs through the home, onto the rear patio, and down a few steps to the backyard.

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Inside, the home has a straightforward layout.

An open area for lounging, dining and cooking is separated from the bedroom by a partial wall. Service areas are located on the ends of the home. Finishes include a concrete ceiling and ceramic flooring that resembles wood.

"Intermediate spaces have been designed to emphasise the outdoors-indoors relation,” the studio said.

An open plan living area is fronted by large glass windows

Above the entrance is a skylight that rises up from the roof. This element could accommodate the addition of stairs to an upper floor in the future, the architects said.

The patio is fitted with a built-in grill and a sink. A swimming pool is planned for the backyard.

Other projects by STC Arquitectos include a cabin in the Argentine woods that was built using reclaimed material like scrap metal and oil pipes.

The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.

Project credits:

Architect: STC Arquitectos
Architecture team: Juan Salassa, Santiago Tissot, Ivan Castañeda
Collaborator: Julián Perdomo

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