An Architecture Emerging From The Forest.
Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos: The work is located on the picturesque Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires, with the particularity of being in the middle of the forest in the town of Mar Azul, where the pine trees are caressed by the sea breeze throughout the year.
The project evolved into a sea refuge, inviting users to feel sheltered in that particular atmosphere generated by the forest. The project advanced under these 3 essential guidelines: contained budget, quick execution, and low or no maintenance over time. We knew that success lay in the choice of materials and their imprint. We appealed to the local collective memory, to those exposed brick chalets so characteristic of the coastal area in the 197s. Taking a bit of that memory, reinterpreting it, and thus generating a contemporary language from that resource. We conceived housing as an extension of the landscape, where a structure of exposed concrete appears on sheets that rise from ground level leaving an empty baseboard. In this way we protect ourselves from ground moisture and ensure better weathering. The structure supports loads, defines spaces, uses and material expression; working together with bricks provides us with sufficient versatility to seek answers to different housing needs through interlocking pieces. Additionally, they condition and intend sun exposure and views. The house not only seeks to be a refuge in the middle of forests but also a personal sanctuary where architecture and territory coexist in perfect harmony; it offers a space for tranquility and introspection so that its users can enjoy nature pure state.
