Typological and material experimentation. Building M 5605 by Arqtipo
01/02/2023.
[Buenos Aires] Argentina
metalocus, ANTONIO CORREDERA
metalocus, ANTONIO CORREDERA
Buenos Aires-based architecture studio, Arqtipo, was commissioned to design a ten-unit building called M 5605, located on a small plot between Monroe Street and the railroad tracks, in the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood characterized by a medium residential fabric in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arqtipo studio is a young firm that was selected among the shortlist as an emerging studio in the latest edition of the 2022 MCHAP awards, with the project "YPY 1731 Building" in which they also experimented with the possibilities of brick, as a constructive element for the realization of the envelope.
Arqtipo studio is a young firm that was selected among the shortlist as an emerging studio in the latest edition of the 2022 MCHAP awards, with the project "YPY 1731 Building" in which they also experimented with the possibilities of brick, as a constructive element for the realization of the envelope.
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
Ground floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
First floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Second floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Third floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Fourth floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Fifth floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Sixth floor plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Roof plan. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Elevation. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Elevation. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Longitudinal section. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Cross section. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Axonometry. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
Exploded axonometry. M 5605 building by Arqtipo.
The building designed by Arqtipo occupies a small plot of 8.80×12.72 m. in which they manage to maximize their constructive capacity, through material experimentation and typological research, with a mono-material envelope using the Bricko brick from Corblock.
The building has a ground floor plus 6 floors, and a formal identity image. The architects carried out an interesting investigation on new typologies that allow new configurative possibilities of living, responding to contemporary programs.
Floors 1 to 4 were organized placing the core of stairs and elevator in the rear corner of the party walls, then the access areas are located and in parallel, a linear band that organizes and collects all the wet rooms, to then give way to all rooms facing Monroe street. The 5th and 6th floors are occupied by two double-height houses.
The building has a ground floor plus 6 floors, and a formal identity image. The architects carried out an interesting investigation on new typologies that allow new configurative possibilities of living, responding to contemporary programs.
Floors 1 to 4 were organized placing the core of stairs and elevator in the rear corner of the party walls, then the access areas are located and in parallel, a linear band that organizes and collects all the wet rooms, to then give way to all rooms facing Monroe street. The 5th and 6th floors are occupied by two double-height houses.
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian.
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian.
Project description by Arqtipo
The M 5606 building questioned us about the possible ways of approaching our design practice. The proposal recognizes the temporal and spatial instances inherent to the project, based on the recognition of the categories of contextualization (between insertion and implementation), configuration (between a material object and the system), and disposition (between what is determined and the indeterminate).
Contextualization
M 5605 is a horizontal property building located in the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood with ten functional units, on a small corner lot measuring 8.80 × 12.72 m. It is located in a medium residential fabric, adjacent to the FF. CC. Mitre. Multiple contextual relationships are proposed, from incorporating the public space into the interior of its entire ground floor to a single floor. Like the recognition of its pre-existing boundaries, inferring possible relationships and distances from its expansions. In addition, it incorporates the upper setbacks to the envelope in a sensitive way that promotes greater empathy in its environment.
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian.
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian.
Configuration
The building maximizes its constructive capacity, from a mono-material envelope using the Bricko brick from Corblock. In this sense, material experimentation is allowed based on various precise morphological operations (repetition, section, linking) to assume its own complexity, and investigate the encounters, arrangements, modes of union and fixations with the intention of configuring an atmosphere desired. (light and space in a constant interpellation).
The treatment of the expansions, as bellows in the perimeters of the façade, have the purpose of mitigating the noise and allow to regulate the gradients of privacy, luminosity and opacity in relation to the exterior.
M 5605 building by Arqtipo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian.
Layout
The building is arranged on the ground floor and 6 levels high, proposing a tension between form, space and matter, based on the search for identity. The housing units investigate new configurative possibilities of living, which allow their adaptability and contemporaneity.
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Architects
Arqtipo, (Arq Diego Aceto - Arq Dario Litvinoff – Arq Alejandro Camp) + Arq Juan Pablo Negro.
Project team
Arq Martin Giani, Arq Catarina Staric, Arq Belen Canosa, Arq Marcelo Sigrist, Leonardo Pulzoni.
Collaborators
Project manager.- Arq Lucas Gorroño.
Structural engineer. Pablo Lulkin.
Structural engineer. Pablo Lulkin.
Area
665 m².
Dates
2020 – 2022.
Location
Monroe 5606, Villa Urquiza, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Photography
Diego Aceto, Darío Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp. Arqtipo
Arqtipo. The name of the studio arises from a linguistic operation of the word Archetype (representation, image or scheme that serves as a permanent model) and can also be understood as the conjunction between architecture and typology (understood from its genealogical sense, that is, studio, classification, and especially the operation on known types as a tool to generate knowledge). The studio is led by Diego Aceto, Darío Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp, architects and Germán Cappiello.
Their intention is to generate an architecture that interprets the needs of society, promotes reflection on what is established and challenges them in an almost experimental search in each project.
Their intention is to generate an architecture that interprets the needs of society, promotes reflection on what is established and challenges them in an almost experimental search in each project.
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