Traditional brick multi-family complex. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura
22/06/2022.
[Campana] Argentina
metalocus, RAUL ROSA
metalocus, RAUL ROSA
Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura has designed a 20-unit residential building, located in the city of Campana, Argentina, in a low-density area along the banks of the Paraná River.
The housing building is built from its base, in which subway spaces are organized that occupy the entire terrain and on this are created the accesses to the vertical cores of access to housing, through a diaphanous space, on which rises the volume of 5 floors of the main building.
The housing building is built from its base, in which subway spaces are organized that occupy the entire terrain and on this are created the accesses to the vertical cores of access to housing, through a diaphanous space, on which rises the volume of 5 floors of the main building.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla.
Location plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Site plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Basement floor plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Ground floor plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
1, 3 and 5 floor plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
2 and 4 floor plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Roof plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Terrain plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
East-west section. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Aggregation unit sequence plan. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Axonometric organizational sequence. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Axonometric explotada. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Axonometric aggregation unit sequence view. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Sieving detail. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Sieving detail. Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
Damero building by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of the studio.
The multifamily building created by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura, houses in its interior 20 dwellings and all the vertical communication axes in the main volume, in the space below ground level, we can find a set of ramps and access to this community space, on the level below ground level has been maintained part of the pre-existing flora, so that the impact of the main volume is not so great concerning its context.
The houses are of small size, based on a system of urban density higher than the area where it is located, all homes meet all the needs of habitability, and a terrace, which in facade due to its alternate placement creates a continuous pattern on it.
Constructively it is characterized by the use of brick that extends throughout the envelope, which is characterized by meeting the structural and cultural requirements, besides being an economical material, the study designs a set of configurations for this material, giving the building texture, lighting effects and sunshades that make it unique.
The houses are of small size, based on a system of urban density higher than the area where it is located, all homes meet all the needs of habitability, and a terrace, which in facade due to its alternate placement creates a continuous pattern on it.
Constructively it is characterized by the use of brick that extends throughout the envelope, which is characterized by meeting the structural and cultural requirements, besides being an economical material, the study designs a set of configurations for this material, giving the building texture, lighting effects and sunshades that make it unique.
Description of project by Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura
The 20-unit multifamily housing program is developed on a centrally located lot on one of the streets parallel to the north-south axis of the city of Campana, low-density urbanization located in the northeast of Buenos Aires on the banks of the Paraná River.
The double-wide lot opens its front to a sports field that enables open views to and from the avenue.
The building is organized based on an extended plinth that connects the center of the block and the street, and a five-story main body that rises above the front portion of the lot.
The basement organizes a gradient of intermediate spaces (thresholds, ramps, halls, and expansions for community use) that control the continuity between the public space and the interior of the building.
The main body, which concentrates the dwellings and vertical circulation, is defined as a free-standing volume with perimeter retreats that variably organize the relationships with its context. On the street, a landscaped retreat preserves the existing pine tree and attenuates the impact of the volume on a pedestrian scale. On the opposite side, a large courtyard plaza recreates the conditions of the urban space and preserves an old avocado tree. Finally, on the sides, minimal setbacks allow for natural lighting and ventilation of the building's common circulations.
The building materializes a model of urban densification that, from a contemporary positioning, integrates and equalizes the demands of a growing medium-sized city with the traditions and social inertias of its inhabitants, the potential users of the building.
Through the proposal of patio terraces, the building recovers and updates, the high-rise housing typology, the forms of living typical of provincial cities where the enjoyment of the outdoors and the interaction between neighbors characterize the lifestyle.
The building is structured around a double bay of apartments with patio terraces, which take advantage of the sun from the east and west and the views of the avenue and the heart of the block.
The alternating repetition of dwellings and patio terraces organizes a three-dimensional checkerboard pattern on the facades, recognizable on an urban scale. This texture, of masses and living spaces, gives thickness and porosity to the envelope, favoring the activation of the building's margins through the use of the expansions of the dwellings and their interaction with the urban space.
The envelope is entirely made of brick, a material widely used in the culture of the region, which constitutes a technically reliable, economically affordable, and environmentally sustainable solution.
This technology allows, in turn, the development of a continuous gradient of configurations and surface performances, ranging from the simple enclosing wall to masonry with variable openwork and relief in the form of breakage of views and/or sunshades. In this way, the different thermal, lighting, and visual requirements of the program are integrated within a highly efficient and formally continuous building envelope.
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Architects
Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura. Lead Architect.- Francisco Cadau.
Collaborators
Patricio Cantlon, Federico Cione, Victoria Della Chiesa, Andrea Lanziani, Andres Milos, Diego Valenzuela.
Area
1,835 m².
Dates
Completion.- 2021.
Location
San Martin 777, Campana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Photography
Francisco Cadau Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura
Francisco Cadau an architect by the University of Buenos Aires, 1995. He has obtained, as a member of various groups, first prizes in national and provincial competitions for public spaces and buildings such as the Parque Ribereño de Vicente López, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Campana, the Judicial City of the Province of Salta and the Annex Buildings of the Cathedral of Gualeguaychú.
Since 2000, he has been the director of Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura, where he has developed an extensive and recognized practice that has allowed him to position himself in an outstanding position in the architectural field.
His work has received awards and participated in biennials and exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Austria, the United States, Holland, and Italy. His works have received, among other distinctions, the Awards of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Buenos Aires "25th Anniversary" 2011 and best-built work 2017, the Brick Award Outstanding International Brick Architecture 2020, the selection of works for the VII Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism of Medellin 2010, for the 15th, 16th and 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, 2018 and 2020-21 and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2022. His works, too, have been published in a wide variety of books and magazines.
Francisco Cadau is an Adjunct Professor by competition at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires. He has been Visiting Professor at the Architectural Association School of Architecture; Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design, and Conservation; Cornell University College of Architecture; Pontificia Universidade Católica, and Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
Since 2000, he has been the director of Francisco Cadau Oficina de Arquitectura, where he has developed an extensive and recognized practice that has allowed him to position himself in an outstanding position in the architectural field.
His work has received awards and participated in biennials and exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Austria, the United States, Holland, and Italy. His works have received, among other distinctions, the Awards of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Buenos Aires "25th Anniversary" 2011 and best-built work 2017, the Brick Award Outstanding International Brick Architecture 2020, the selection of works for the VII Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism of Medellin 2010, for the 15th, 16th and 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, 2018 and 2020-21 and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2022. His works, too, have been published in a wide variety of books and magazines.
Francisco Cadau is an Adjunct Professor by competition at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires. He has been Visiting Professor at the Architectural Association School of Architecture; Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design, and Conservation; Cornell University College of Architecture; Pontificia Universidade Católica, and Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
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