Torcuato House Pavilion / BESONIAS ALMEIDA Arquitectos

Torcuato House Pavilion Technical Information

Architects: BESONIAS ALMEIDA Arquitectos
Typology: Residential / Houses
Location: Olivos Golf Club, Malvinas Argentinas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Design and Project Management: Arch. Maria Victoria Besonias, Arch. Guillermo de Almeida
Collaborators: Arch. Micaela Salibe, Arch. Guido Gallupo
Built Area: 45sqm + swimming pool and solarium
Built Year: 2016
Photographs: © Federico Kulekdjian

Torcuato House Pavilion Photographs

Torcuato House Pavilion description

Text by María Victoria Besonías

The Commission

The commission arises from the principal’s need to have an enclosure where they can be isolated from the house’s activity and then facilitate the development of functions more relaxed and much more connected with the landscape. It was an indeterminate space since its use would also be indeterminate, but it should be comfortable in both winter and summer. This brief program was rounded off with the request for an outdoor bath and a small warehouse.

The place chosen for location by the principals is the farthest from the house, next to the existing evergreen trees sector on the lot.

The Proposal

Starting from successive folds of the concrete enclosure, we managed to give this small building sufficient visual and audio privacy in relation to its surroundings, thus fulfilling the request for a space to facilitate the realization of quiet activities introspection. This feature also allowed defining an expansion extended to join the landscape, highlighting the access to both the bathroom and the multipurpose space and leaving the warehouse hidden.