Fernandez House by Adamo Faiden Arquitectos
11/04/2016.
[BsAs] Argentina
metalocus, PALOMA DE LA QUINTANA
metalocus, PALOMA DE LA QUINTANA
Fernandez House is a refurbishment of a townhouse built in the mid 70s in one of the low density areas that can still be found in the neighborhood of Belgrano.
Outside view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Detail of the enclosure device of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Entrance view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Courtyard view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Inside view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Inside view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Inside view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Inside view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Inside view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos. Photography © Adamo-Faiden.
Axonometric view of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos.
Longitudinal section of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos.
Transversal sections of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos.
Floor plans of the Fernandez House by Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos.
A better communication with the public space, interior privacy, an enlargement of the space and its optimization have been key points for the renovation of this house in the neighborhood of Belgrano. The studio Adamo Faiden Arquitectos has made three specific reforms that address all these issues.
Description of the project by Adamo Faiden Arquitectos
The update consisted in three punctual interventions. The first of them seeks to enhance the connections with the public space while protecting the privacy of the interior space.
To that end, an enclosure device is superposed to the existing front that, by its shape and materiality, intends to build a contemporary way of relating to the exterior. The second intervention focuses on the basement of the house. The change of habits in terms of domestic ecology, plus the update in the installations systems allowed freeing a new space that was reused for the creation of a multi-purpose room. Finally, a light pavilion creates a habitable double-façade system that extends the back limits of the house, mediating between exterior and all the interior instances of it. The position of its openings allows the circulation of the air that crosses through all the areas that were not materially part of the intervention.
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Architects
Sebastián Adamo, Marcelo Faiden.
Collaborators
Jaime Butler, Gonzalo Yerba.
Client
Romina Fernández.
Years
2014-2015.
Construction
Adamo-Faiden administración de obra.
Venue
Aguilar 2159. Belgrano, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Sebastián Adamo - Marcelo Faiden Adamo - Faiden
Sebastián Adamo (1977) and Marcelo Faiden (1977) are architects from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and PhD from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (UPC). Since 2000 they have been working associated, and have received numerous awards in national and international competitions(Undersecretary of Tourism of Chubut, Event Center Sociedad Rural Argentina, College of Architects of Salamanca, Quaderns 400,000 Habitatges, Europan 7, etc.), they have participated in various exhibitions (Biennial of Latin American arquitecura 2009, X Venice Biennale, hexes Contemporary Architecture Argentina, IV Bienal Iberoamericana-Emergent Panorama, etc.) and collaborated with various specialized publications (Summa +, A + U, A + T, etc.). They are professors at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and the University of Palermo (UP). In 2005 they founded Adamo-Faiden and began their project from downtown Buenos Aires.
