fragata home hovers above the alamos neighborhood
Minimalist and monolithic, Fragata Home rises above the streetscape in northwest Pinamar, Argentina, as a floating concrete dice. Designed by Estudio Galera, the closed monovolume hovers 4 meters above the flat road stage, elevated by ten concrete columns to get pleasure from expansive throughout the neighborhood and maximize use of the positioning’s sq. footage. Its program has been divided between protected and outside areas to adapt to the fluctuating climate situations by way of a sequence of enclosed, open, and semi-covered zones.
The house beneath the house is designed for versatile use to host a wide range of capabilities relying on the wants of the inhabitants, starting from a sheltered car parking zone to a barbecue spot. Upstairs, a field nests all of the lined actions, separating the general public from the non-public areas with a core staircase that homes a research, accessible by reversing the path of basic circulation.
all photographs by Javier Agustin Rojas
a configuration of open, enclosed, and semi-outdoor areas
Fragata Home is sited within the rising city panorama of the Alamos neighborhood, standing as a horizontal quantity that delimits the house, giving it a human scale and remodeling itself by its imprint into a part of the air. The group at Estudio Galera websites the dwelling perpendicular to the road, with all rooms opening fully to the north past the bottom flooring of the neighboring houses. Additional, resulting from its positioning in peak and leaning in opposition to the alternative setback, and the traits of implantation and regulatory restrictions, Fragata Home is ready to get pleasure from open, uninterrupted views of the forest within the heart of the block and of the distant Alamos Boulevard.
Elevating its monovolume type, Estudio Galera was in a position to optimally make the most of the positioning, significantly guaranteeing that the empty house beneath is taken benefit of with a number of actions. Right here, the architects created a flexible space outlined by performance, together with a parking, playroom, fitness center, or barbecue space. As there aren’t any fences or adjoining constructions to set limits, city gestures reminiscent of road feeder pillars and vehicular footprints mark the division between the city situation and the non-public one, turning the lot into an appendix of the general public house.
Estudio Galera rests Fragata Home on concrete stilts
estudio galera’s minimal type maximizes house
The fabric palette creates a pure and minimalist aesthetic, achieved by a fusion of concrete, aluminum, and glass. On the within, that is supplemented with picket accents and {a partially} uncovered construction with inclined pillars. Its low upkeep type can be additional mirrored in Estudio Galera’s remedy of the panorama because the plot maintains the pure and native state of the dune.
The identical scheme covers the connection of those components below the sand and trusses of beams over all the floor on the bottom flooring. Right here, the masses coming from the roof by blunt partition partitions and columns mix with the carpentry profiles at entrance and turn out to be evenly distributed. On the roof, the beams maintain slabs at completely different ranges defining the areas they comprise.
a sequence of enclosed, open, and semi-external areas
the house perches on a basis of ten factors
resulting from its peak, Fragata Home enjoys uninterrupted views of the forest and the distant boulevard
