Box with Yard Inside, Caja House by Estudio Aire
In general the Caja House described as a box with a yard inside it denoting a formal will at first place. Basic demand for this house design are privacy and intimacy as regards, it important to be able to appreciate from the inside the decisions taken (morphology, geometry, materials, how to manipulate the natural lighting) rather than the criteria used in such spaces so far.
First to be taken is on a criteria based on a central open space, change it became more radical and the rest of the situations began to subordinate to the yard. The concept of continuous space extends beyond the physical limit of covered surface. The Interior unroofed surface regulates the link with the outside world. One of the faces is an opening with two glass doors. Opening completely enabling to redefine the concept of externality and integrating the rest of the area.
The water here incorporates the built mass reflexes. The House becomes its own landscape. Fragmentation in the section cover is another particular moment of thought and analysis which occurs not only to fill the interior of light but to establish a link with nature, incorporating the sky.
On top “white” dominates all items, aluminum resolves openings to the inner patio, the metal for the perimeter gates and glass for transparent and translucent cladding. This reduction is the reaction to a need to avoid excessive thinking of achieving simplicity as a concept.
Location : Funes, Santa Fé, Argentina
Architects : Estudio Aire / Juan German Guardati, Roman Renzi, Virginia Kahanoff
