Reflecting Pools and Latticed Facade in Luciano Kruk’s Rodríguez House in Argentina
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Award-winning Luciano Kruk Studio’s Rodriguez House in Argentina for a young couple is designed to the brief of creating a pure external image and an uncomplicated inner distribution. Located in La Esperanza, a gated community halfway between Pilar and GeneReflecting Pools and Latticed Facade in Luciano Kruk’s Rodríguez House in Argentina
Award-winning Luciano Kruk Studio’s Rodriguez House in Argentina for a young couple is designed to the brief of creating a pure external image and an uncomplicated inner distribution. Located in La Esperanza, a gated community halfway between Pilar and General Rodriguez, the house is surrounded by rows of willow-trees.Built on a single floor, the space accommodates a master suite and a second bedroom sharing a bathroom with a completely integrated social area. The house has been designed with the prospect of future enlargement to include a third bedroom. According to Luciano Kruk, the client wanted a spacious gallery that would allow them to be in close touch with nature and a swimming pool, and were especially attracted to the studio’s reflecting pools and patios in earlier projects, which have been incorporated in the house.“The house was designed as a pure volume. Taking into account regulatory setbacks and keeping in mind a future expansion, the built area took up the lot’s whole width. A platform made out of concrete allows one to walk over a reflecting pool and reach a semi-covered reception hall. Right across the door, the first thing that comes into sight is a leafy inner patio just behind a glass panel. This patio arouses the senses as it allows views that go to the back of the lot,” describes the studio.The most striking feature of the facade is its system of ‘lapacho’ wooden planks that hang vertically all along the front. The planks are left hanging above the floor, with a short black flagstone wall rising from behind, which makes the whole structure appear to be floating. “The facade itself was intended to appear to be floating, hanging above the water,” explains the studio.The back of the house is completely made of transparent glass. The openness with which its joinery is designed from floor to ceiling allows for a complete integration between the inside and the outside. The semi-covered gallery serves as a transition towards the backyard and shelters the inside from direct sunlight. The opposite side of the house is not as open: a concrete wall and glazed panes of well-thought of dimensions wrap the most intimate parts of the house, as described by the studio.Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the Rodriguez House.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more