Castores House
Castores House (2006)
Project and Works Management
Location Los Castores II, Nordelta, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Total Area: 432 m²
Photo Eugenio Valentini, Alejandro Mosher
Principal > Arq. Alejandro Amoedo
Lead Designer > Arq. Lucas D’Adamo Baumann
Project Manager > Luis Brazzola
Collaborators > Federico Segretin Sueyro, Alfredo Gonzalez
The first idea or guideline given by the owners during the design process was to incorporate the view of the lagoon next to which the lot is located as an element of the house. This was achieved by placing the pool transversally to the house, thus becoming a virtual connection between the volume built and the lagoon. The eye is taken in by the trick and both water bodies can be seen merging as one.
The vast area to the front of the house allows us to appreciate it as we go along the step path that leads to the porch/gallery, where a pond with peaks of emerging water and a stone bed set the tone and are a preview of what we are about to see.
The opening of the major pivot wooden door is almost a formality, since the glass panels allow us to see the interior and the back garden from the total transparency of the partitions. The staircase that leads to the upper floor, with very subtle lines, is an ornament highlighted by the inner yard, which adds value to the base of its perimeter.
The functional layout is clear: on the ground floor, the main social rooms are aligned on the access door axis. These include the entrance, hall, toilet, living room, dining room, main gallery, pool, deck and a glass bridge connecting them. On the upper floor, this alignment is repeated on the same axis, including the home theater room with acoustic treatment, which may also be accessed from the glass bridge. This item adds light to the access hall and to the distribution hall.
On the ground floor, on the axis corresponding to the entrance through the garage, there are the family and service rooms: kitchen with informal dining room, gallery with barbecue, service area, bedroom, bathroom and laundry, tool shed and pantry, guest room and bathroom with relax space and sauna.
The upper floor hosts the semi-suite bedrooms: two for the children, with balcony/terrace to the front façade, and the master suite, with double bathroom and walk-in closet, large Jacuzzi and terrace to the rear façade. Both bedroom sectors, including the study, which has views of the lagoon from the side of the house, are connected by a central family room.
Domotics or home automation is applied to interior and exterior lighting and pool lighting, security, cooling and heating systems, water fountains and movement of double-height curtains, which allows for a quick and easy control of all sectors, as well as for the opening of the main door, via cell phone and fingerprints. All the control is made through an LCD screen located at the access and a remote control.
Project and Works Management
Location Los Castores II, Nordelta, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Total Area: 432 m²
Photo Eugenio Valentini, Alejandro Mosher
Principal > Arq. Alejandro Amoedo
Lead Designer > Arq. Lucas D’Adamo Baumann
Project Manager > Luis Brazzola
Collaborators > Federico Segretin Sueyro, Alfredo Gonzalez
The first idea or guideline given by the owners during the design process was to incorporate the view of the lagoon next to which the lot is located as an element of the house. This was achieved by placing the pool transversally to the house, thus becoming a virtual connection between the volume built and the lagoon. The eye is taken in by the trick and both water bodies can be seen merging as one.
The vast area to the front of the house allows us to appreciate it as we go along the step path that leads to the porch/gallery, where a pond with peaks of emerging water and a stone bed set the tone and are a preview of what we are about to see.
The opening of the major pivot wooden door is almost a formality, since the glass panels allow us to see the interior and the back garden from the total transparency of the partitions. The staircase that leads to the upper floor, with very subtle lines, is an ornament highlighted by the inner yard, which adds value to the base of its perimeter.
The functional layout is clear: on the ground floor, the main social rooms are aligned on the access door axis. These include the entrance, hall, toilet, living room, dining room, main gallery, pool, deck and a glass bridge connecting them. On the upper floor, this alignment is repeated on the same axis, including the home theater room with acoustic treatment, which may also be accessed from the glass bridge. This item adds light to the access hall and to the distribution hall.
On the ground floor, on the axis corresponding to the entrance through the garage, there are the family and service rooms: kitchen with informal dining room, gallery with barbecue, service area, bedroom, bathroom and laundry, tool shed and pantry, guest room and bathroom with relax space and sauna.
The upper floor hosts the semi-suite bedrooms: two for the children, with balcony/terrace to the front façade, and the master suite, with double bathroom and walk-in closet, large Jacuzzi and terrace to the rear façade. Both bedroom sectors, including the study, which has views of the lagoon from the side of the house, are connected by a central family room.
Domotics or home automation is applied to interior and exterior lighting and pool lighting, security, cooling and heating systems, water fountains and movement of double-height curtains, which allows for a quick and easy control of all sectors, as well as for the opening of the main door, via cell phone and fingerprints. All the control is made through an LCD screen located at the access and a remote control.
Country: Argentina
