Fragmenting the house to connect with nature, “Casa Rosario" by Dosa Studio + Rojkind Arquitectos

Description of project by DOSA STUDIO + Rojkind Arquitectos

PienZa Sostenible led a personalized process in which damaged homes were identified without the right to government support, with the support of Love Army, who raised private resources to rebuild damaged items. Several architects were invited, a mobile plant was created capable of manufacturing more than 2,500 high-strength ecoblocks per day and a process was established in which the architects knew the affected families, developing a project and, after the approval of their new customers, we proceeded to its construction through a local company.

Preexistence

Dedicated to the cultivation of plants, the Hernández family consists of three members; Mrs. Rosario, her husband Mayolo and their son Íker, 4 years old. Initially the house of Rosario was configured by circulations in the open air that connected the different spaces; living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms. We understand those circulations abroad as crossings accompanied by vegetation, as well as passages fused with their environment; whose relationship was linked to connecting the interior with the exterior.

Fusion between nature and architecture

We allude to the plant context that surrounds the house of Rosario and we emphasize that all the visual leaks end with the fronds of the trees and the magenta flowers of the bougainvillea. The exterior passages seek to have a constant relationship with each space; it is discovered through walking, it is perceived when walking, the paths lead to surprise.

However, the topography plays a very interesting role in terms of the configuration of the spaces; we focus on creating multiple atmospheres and different experiences of space through containing the viewer in different levels. Casa Rosario is configured through semi-obsolete cubes that connect through open-air circulations. We understand the housing for the Hernández family as a series of cubes buried in the topography; we like to think about the foundations that arise and emanate from the earth. Each element generates its own identity due to the difference in height between them; no space is more protagónico than another, we conceive all spaces as a whole. Each entity is related to each other from central openings that flow into a central courtyard, in this way we can communicate the areas in a visual way.

Shadow projections and light capture

We consider shadow projections as protective of the viewer as they walk through the contained passages. We believe that it is not necessary to resort to a cover or a wall from floor to ceiling of a hermetic type to contain or embrace, it is enough with a vegetation barrier or a shadow projection to delimit the space. In each of our projects the light plays a fundamental role; we like to think that we paint with light, space as a blank canvas where we draw with light and shadow. Casa Rosario invites to come to the light from the exterior passages, through its openings to reflect and project on each of its walls.