FRN House, Buenos Aires building, Argentina property photos, South American home
FRN House in Buenos Aires
15 September 2024
Architects: Najmias Office for Architecture
Location: C.U.B.A. Villa de Mayo, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Images by Daniela Mac Adden
FRN House, Buenos Aires
The FRN House is located in front of the golf course of the Club Universidad de Buenos Aires in the gated community CUBA. The requirements for the project were very ambitious. The clients wanted a house with a tight surface area of no more than 350 sqmt, but they wanted a wide variety of spaces, all of which should be spacious and generously sized. Finally we agreed on the architectural program: a master suite with dressing room, three bedrooms en suite for the children, living room, dining room, kitchen, quincho, playroom, laundry room, a storage room and a maid’s room.
However, this was not all. In addition to the multiplicity of desired spaces, there was the complexity of the desired relationships between one environment and another. The challenge was no small one: the master suite had to be away from the children’s rooms and if possible on another floor; additionally it had to be on the same floor as the living room or a few steps apart. In addition, the children’s room had to be in relation to the quincho, but without being affected by any noise. They also wanted the quincho to be close to the playroom and kitchen. Finally, all the social areas of the house, as well as the suite, were to have open views of the golf course.
Following several iterations, which are a regular part of our design process, we were able to reconcile these requirements in a proposal that had a strong architectural synthesis and a careful use of energy and natural resources, generating wide and long views without compromising the privacy of the inhabitants of the house.
The FRN house is, in appearance, a simple project: two rectangles offset in plan. However, it proposes a complex architecture with a spatiality that transcends the obvious. These two rectangles are very different from each other, one is a closed, intimate volume that encloses the bedrooms; the other is open, extroverted, formed by two horizontal planes that contain the social area of the house where the limits between interior and exterior are diluted: a reinforced concrete tray floats uninterrupted on the travertine base without any structure being perceived.
Given the large glazed surface, special attention was paid to energy optimization: overhangs and eaves prevent sunlight in summer and allow it to enter in winter; in addition, all glass is treated to improve its performance and sunshades are used in the bedrooms. Care for the environment and sustainability can be seen in the incorporation of a gray water reuse system, solar collectors for hot water and solar panels for electricity generation.
FRN House, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Building Information
Architecture firm: Najmias Office for Architecture – https://www.n-o-a.net
Completion Year: 2023
Gross Built Area (sq. m./ ft2): 330 sq. m. / 3.552 sqft
Project Location: C.U.B.A. Villa de Mayo, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Program / Use / Building Function: House
Lead Architects: Oliverio Najmias
Images: Daniela Mac Adden
FRN House, Buenos Aires, Argentina images / information received 130624 from Najmias Office for Architecture
Location: C.U.B.A. Villa de Mayo, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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