Shelter for great events. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño
24/01/2024.
[Córdoba] Argentina
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Quincho is a space where the Argentine barbecue ritual takes place. This Quincho, designed by Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi together with Diego Avendaño, is located in the town of Bialet Massé, between Lake San Roque and the Sierras Chicas, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.
The project is conceived as a large roof under which the large meals and meetings characteristic of the barbecue rite are hosted, with no other equipment than some grills and toilets housed in the thickness of the walls.
The project is conceived as a large roof under which the large meals and meetings characteristic of the barbecue rite are hosted, with no other equipment than some grills and toilets housed in the thickness of the walls.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Santiago Victorio Ruiz.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Santiago Victorio Ruiz.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Site plan. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Site section. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Floor plan. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Section. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Elevation. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Perspectival Section. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Constructive Axonometric. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Local Material Resources. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Courtesy of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Local Material Resources. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Courtesy of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Local Material Resources. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Courtesy of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Local Material Resources. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Courtesy of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Local Material Resources. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Courtesy of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Local Material Resources. Quincho Bialet by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Courtesy of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
The Quincho designed by Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi and Diego Avendaño is built with brick walls and floors and prefabricated concrete joists, common materials in local construction, popular, low cost, zero maintenance, and comes from a cutting site close to the construction site.
The roof, with exposed concrete joists, functions as a large gutter capable of returning rainwater to the ground, while the trees, as the background of this space intended for large meetings, allow it to integrate with the natural ecosystem.
The roof, with exposed concrete joists, functions as a large gutter capable of returning rainwater to the ground, while the trees, as the background of this space intended for large meetings, allow it to integrate with the natural ecosystem.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
Project description by Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi
Quincho Bialet is a space created to host the barbecue ritual.
The work is located in the small town of Bialet Massé, in a place located between Lake San Roque and the Sierras Chicas.
The project is conceived mainly as a roof. This rests on two walls whose thickness houses the services - toilets and storage rooms - that serve as the main space of the roast ritual. This central space is the main objective of the project: a space of hierarchy, central to the project, liberated and deprogrammed. It is a kind of shelter for collective gatherings, for preparing meals with fire, and for sharing with others. There is no equipment; or enclosures. Just some grills, conceived as holes in the walls.
Quincho Bialet by Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi + Diego Avendaño. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi.
The brick of the walls and the floor, as well as the prefabricated concrete joists used in the roof, are common materials in local construction, popular, low cost, and zero maintenance. Building with them in a place like Bialet Masse is for us a common sense decision since it is about operating with what is available, both in material terms and about the “know-how” of the bricklayers who build the work. In other words, the Quincho seeks to use hyper-contextual techniques and materials, in a way that brings the project closer to dialogues and more abstract forms.
The interior of the roof is left “unfinished”, leaving the joist structure exposed. The slab functions as a large concrete gutter that receives and transports rainwater back to the ground. The entire electrical installation is exterior, thus avoiding penetrating the brick. The floor and walls are made with hand-made bricks, coming from a cutting site near the work.
The trees are the background of this great space that is the Quincho. The project has the aura of a refuge; a meeting space with and within the nature of Monte de Córdoba.
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Architects
Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi + Diego Avendaño.
Collaborators
Structural Engineer.- Edgar Moran.
Dates
2021.
Location
Bialet Massé, Córdoba, Argentina.
Photography
Marcos Guiponi, Santiago Victorio Ruiz.
Estudio Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi
Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi (BCP) is an architecture office based in Córdoba and New York whose main ambition is the production of projects that regardless of their scale are capable of incorporating new discussions in the context in which they are implemented.
They teach at the School of Architecture Urbanism and Design of the National University of Córdoba (Córdoba) and eventually at the Torcuato di Tella University (Buenos Aires). They have also been invited as critics reviewers and academic jurys at other institutions such as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York), Andrés Bello School of Architecture (Viña del Mar), UDELAR (Montevideo), TEC (León) among others.
Their work policy is focused on taking private commissions public competitions and academic productions as platforms to push the limits of design towards a critical position committed to the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental demands that involve the present and compromise the future.
They teach at the School of Architecture Urbanism and Design of the National University of Córdoba (Córdoba) and eventually at the Torcuato di Tella University (Buenos Aires). They have also been invited as critics reviewers and academic jurys at other institutions such as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York), Andrés Bello School of Architecture (Viña del Mar), UDELAR (Montevideo), TEC (León) among others.
Their work policy is focused on taking private commissions public competitions and academic productions as platforms to push the limits of design towards a critical position committed to the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental demands that involve the present and compromise the future.
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