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Punta House : Uruguay Residence

Punta Del Leste Residence in South America design by studio mk27 Architects

26 Aug 2011

Design: studio mk27 – marcio kogan + suzana glogowski

Punta House

The Punta House is located on an open lot, alongside a reservoir, in the countryside close to the city of Punta Del Leste, in Uruguay. From the get-go, the location of the residence on this open country wasteland imposed the challenge of creating private spaces and, to some degree, protected visually and climactically. The solution adopted, from the outset, was a one-level house which, on one side looked out to the waters of the reservoir; and, on the other, to an internal patio demarcated by stone walls, which end up defining all of the spaces of the house.

Another fundamental concept was the organization of a plan, clearly and simply, on a flat slab structured by rationally-distributed pillars and supported laterally by stone walls. Under this slab, a wooden box contains the bedrooms (looking out to the reservoir) and the kitchen and utility room (looking out to the patio).

At the ends of this wooden box, two all glass enclosed living-rooms organize the collective program of the house. And, under the roof, near the stone wall that delimits the space on the southern side of the house, there is a barbeque and a covered veranda that opens to the reservoir and the patio. In the front of the house, facing the waters, a large deck and pool constitute the project´s principal external living space.

The construction used local material, such as the stone “piedras lajas” of the walls and floor. The wooden box is composed of folding panels of checkered mashrabiya, which enables internal control of lighting. These doors can be opened entirely. The flat slab was executed in exposed concrete, in line with the rationale of using rustic material even in the structural elements.

Little by little, the empty lot around the reservoir begins to take on the house. The wild flowers embrace the house and atop one of the stone walls an oven-bird makes his home, which, according to local tradition, is a sign of luck.

Punta Del Leste House : Building Information

Project: punta house
Location: Punta del´Est, Uruguay
Project: Sep 2009
Conclusion: Jan 2011
Site area: 10.740 sqm
Built area: 465 sqm

Architecture
Author: marcio kogan
Co-author: suzana glogowski
Interior design co-authors: diana radomysler, beatriz meyer
Collaborator: helena montanarini
Team: carolina castroviejo, eduardo chalabi, eduardo glycerio, eduardo gurian, elisa friedmann, gabriel kogan, lair reis luciana antunes, marcio tanaka, maria cristina motta, mariana simas, oswaldo pessano renata furlanetto, samanta cafardo

Credits
Construction manager: estudio obra prima arq. carolina proto
Contractor: cuentax
Structure engineer: benedictis engenharia / eng. eduardo duprat

Photographs: reinaldo coser tel 55 11 3399 2277 email rcoserjr(at)terra.com.br

Punta Del Leste Property images / information from Marcio Kogan Arquitetos

Marcio Kogan Arquitetos / studio mk27

Location: Punta Del Leste, Uruguay, South America

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