Living on a natural path. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati
30/04/2024.
[Castelar] Argentina
metalocus, FRANCISCO LANCHAS MORA
metalocus, FRANCISCO LANCHAS MORA
The project designed by Estudio Fernandez Renati under the name "Casa Rita" recovers the idea of "promenade architecturale" and takes place in the middle of a grove in a country club in Castelar, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The house relates to the land respectfully, with the existing vegetation giving shape to a building that adapts, being the clear protagonist.
The home seeks to enhance the spatial connections between interior and exterior spaces by proposing a pleasant tour through the nature that characterizes the location, intending to design a home characterized by cross ventilation and natural lighting in its interior spaces.
The home seeks to enhance the spatial connections between interior and exterior spaces by proposing a pleasant tour through the nature that characterizes the location, intending to design a home characterized by cross ventilation and natural lighting in its interior spaces.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Ground floor plan. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati.
Underground floor plan. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati.
Section. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati.
Section. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati.
View A. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati.
View B. Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati.
The project by Estudio Fernandez Renati organizes its spaces around an interior patio surrounded by ramps that connect the two levels of the home and generate interior-exterior transitions throughout its entire length. The social spaces of the program are located on the upper floor, with better lighting and ventilation, while the private spaces are located on the basement floor, which visually connected with the vegetation creates the sensation of being inserted in the middle of the grove.
Inside the house we find a railing piece of furniture that helps free up space on the floor, where wood and glass walls are clear protagonists. The brick is related to the ground on the basement floor, while the concrete and wood seem to ascend from the ground to the upper floor of the house.
Inside the house we find a railing piece of furniture that helps free up space on the floor, where wood and glass walls are clear protagonists. The brick is related to the ground on the basement floor, while the concrete and wood seem to ascend from the ground to the upper floor of the house.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
Project description by Estudio Fernandez Renati
Rita is No. 2 in a series of organic houses, such as Chloé, Borja and Filippa. All with the same objective, to develop an exercise that lies in materializing and repeating a set of design operations that in the studio we call the “Housing Manifesto”.-
- Internal courtyard
- Lighting and cross ventilation.
- Spatial relations.
- Railing furniture.
- Architectural tour.
- Access to the roof.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
The land is 2,500 sqm and is located in a country club on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Site where aged trees predominate, which was respected in its entirety for the location of the house.
The axis of the work is an internal patio surrounded by ramps that connect covered spaces with other semi-covered ones, generating a fluid transition route between the spaces that are inhabited.
Rita House by Estudio Fernandez Renati. Photograph by Javier Agustin Rojas.
The house was implanted at the bottom of the land, to receive sun throughout the day. We decided to reverse the traditional taking of sides by locating the private program on the ground floor and the social one on the top floor. We characterize the rooms with a private, calm and tight space, which gives the sensation of being inserted in a forest. While the living room rises to be at the height of the treetops and generates cross ventilation and lighting throughout the day, allowing access from this space to the entire house. On the second level there is a study with independent access and a room for guests, culminating the tour.
The construction is bare and lacks pretentious materials, all the luxury is given by the nature that surrounds it. The materials used predominate.- concrete, brick and wood.
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Architects
Estudio Fernandez Renati.
Lead architect.- Alejo Fernandez.
Lead architect.- Alejo Fernandez.
Project team
Héctor Fernandez Renati, Gimena Caffo.
Collaborators
Engineering.- Claudio Ianesse.
Area
1,141 sqm.
Dates
2021.
Location
Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Photography
Alejo Fernandez, Héctor Fernandez Renati. Estudio Fernandez Renati
Estudio Fernandez Renati. Architecture studio founded by Alejo Fernandez and Héctor Fernandez Renati in 2014 with headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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