The commission was for a second home in the middle of the forest for a married couple of a sculptor and a psychologist, where they would have a place to receive their two visiting children. The initial idea of the owners was that this project would be carried out in two stages for an eventual future expansion. This is why a regular grid with two levels was proposed to plan an order for the growth of the house. The first stage would be elevated and then the expansion would be carried out underneath it, at ground level, forming a plinth.
Having started this project in the course of the pandemic, the clients finally decided to transform this house into their first home. Therefore, both stages were built simultaneously.
The project consists of three layers:
The first is a plinth at ground level, with two roofed parking lots and a reinforced concrete plinth containing an entrance hall, an art studio and an art studio.
The second one is located on the plinth, where the main floor is configured in the form of an H-shaped plan, which is laid out as two bars, the first bar with the common areas and the second one with the bedrooms. These two are separated from each other and are connected by a glazed bridge, generating two voids that allow the entry of natural light and in turn achieve an acoustic insulation between the two.
In addition, in this elevated level, the transparency of its perimeter is one of its characteristics, which allows the generation of luminous spaces connected to the canopy of the native forest trees.
And finally, the third layer is the roof, which was designed with a V-shaped beam, to give the greatest height, light and view to the two bars, and projecting the rainwater drainage towards the two voids in the center.
The project is designed in exposed metal profiles, seeking the greatest possible lightness in its expression, and to show, with total transparency, the essential structural elements of the project.
The cladding, framed by the metal structure, is mainly translucent on both longitudinal facades of the bars, opening up to the best views and solar orientation, and is opaque on the opposite facades, clad in a wood paneling, which functions as a skin, unifying the outer contour of the H, configuring a rectangular volume.