Renovation of an old house in Nueva Cordoba's neighborhood. Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura
07/07/2020.
[Córdoba] Argentina
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The Argentine architecture firm PSV Arquitectura has designed the rehabilitation of the use of an old house in the Nueva Cordoba neighborhood, in the city of Cordoba, Argentina.
The Nueva Cordoba neighborhood is one of the central neighborhoods of the city, characterized by buildings with more than 10 floors, which usually have reddish facades made of exposed brick.
It is a modern and elegant neighborhood, which dazzles with its combined formula of antiquity and youth.
The Nueva Cordoba neighborhood is one of the central neighborhoods of the city, characterized by buildings with more than 10 floors, which usually have reddish facades made of exposed brick.
It is a modern and elegant neighborhood, which dazzles with its combined formula of antiquity and youth.
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo ViramonteLarrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Larrañaga 92 offices by PSV Arquitectura. Photograph by Gonzalo Viramonte
Ground floor. Oficinas Larrañaga 92 by PSV Arquitectura
First floor. Oficinas Larrañaga 92 by PSV Arquitectura
Second floor. Oficinas Larrañaga 92 by PSV Arquitectura
Elevation. Oficinas Larrañaga 92 by PSV Arquitectura
The project designed by PSV Arquitectura consists of transforming the building into commercial premises and administrative offices. The renovation is supported by the construction of a new metal structure over the existing one.
The structure adapts easily to the existing building and its logic is given by the configuration of the supports of the original building.
The façade partially recovers the original building, repeating it in the basement on which the main metal envelope sits, linking the new with the old, through an abstract grid that organizes it visually.
Internally, the ground floor contains commercial premises, while the first floor houses the offices and the second floor the meeting room.
The structure adapts easily to the existing building and its logic is given by the configuration of the supports of the original building.
The façade partially recovers the original building, repeating it in the basement on which the main metal envelope sits, linking the new with the old, through an abstract grid that organizes it visually.
Internally, the ground floor contains commercial premises, while the first floor houses the offices and the second floor the meeting room.
Description of project by PSV Arquitectura
The origin of the proposal was the need to adapt the use of an old large house in the Nueva Córdoba neighborhood, to the new requirements of the client: commercial premises and administrative offices.
The fundamental design premise was to build on what was built, that is, to mount on the existing masonry, a new metal structure that compensates for the programmatic limitations of having to diagram on existing structures.
In functional terms, the ground floor of the house is used to solve the commercial premises, taking advantage of the pedestrian circulation that the area presents. The first floor is intended for offices, while the second is added and proposes the space for the meeting room with expansion to the terrace resulting from the staggering generated on the facade. Finally and crowning the building, is the third level, intended for the technical area and engine room.
Modular in nature, the structure adapts easily to the existing building and its logic is given by the configuration of the supports of the original home.
The resolution of its facade expresses a clear reminiscence with the original building, replicating the plinth on which the main metal envelope sits, linking the new with the old through metal. The staggering of the volumes acts as a bridge between the different heights present in the adjacent buildings, generating new morphologies where previously there were only vertical party walls.
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Architects
Project team
Architects.- Ezequiel Vázquez. Milagros Porta. Máximo Sonzini Astudillo. Design team.- Ezequiel Vázquez. Fátima Escobar. Agostina Crosetto.
Collaborators
Engineering.- MAPI Ingeniería.
Client
Guillermo Defrancisco Buteler.
Area
260 sqm.
Dates
2019.
Manufacturers
Chairs. The Pink Chair. Tables and rugs.- Casa Capital. Curtains.- Sbacco. Luminaires.- Minimo lighting. Table and benches.- Vaca mísitica. Calatorao stone.- Neolith. Mirror, coat rack and coffee table.- Somos complemento. Aluminium openings.- Sanpa.
Location
Larrañaga 92, Nueva Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte.
Ezequiel Vázquez, Milagros Porta, Máximo Sonzini Astudillo. PSV Arquitectura
PSV Arquitectura is an Argentine architecture firm founded in 2012 by the architects Ezequiel Vázquez, Milagros Porta and Máximo Sonzini Astudillo, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Catholic University of Córdoba.
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