Nestled in the southern extreme of Pinamar County, Kairos House rests on a new small urbanized area consisting of four blocks surrounded by a forest and connected to the city only by a boulevard. Large-sized lots and a restrictive building code secure a balance between human presence and the local flora and fauna.
Project name
Kairos House
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera
Location
Pinamar, Argentina
Design team
Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya, Micol Rodriguez
Collaborators
Soledad Van Schaik, Juan Cruz Ance, Facundo Casales. Project supervisor: Pablo Ahumada. Administration management: Verónica Coleman. Translation and text editing: Soledad Pereyra
Civil engineer
Surveyor: Ariel Triana
Structural engineer
Javier Mendía
Environmental & MEP
Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón; Sanitation: Christian Carrizo; Ducts and sheet metal: Rubén Calvo; Custom metal working: Marcelo Herrero.
Construction
Audine Constructora
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Estudio Galera Architecture: House Three is part of a larger complex which has gradually being built for the same family over time. It is the third of a total of six residences planned in 2016 through a master plan that encompasses not only housing but also amenities and green spaces at the center of the complex.
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera Architecture
Location
Ostende, Pinamar County, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Design team
Ariel Galera Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya
Collaborators
Micol Rodriguez, Soledad Van Schaik, Juan Cruz Ance, Facundo Casales. Project supervisor: Pablo Ahumada. Project Manager. Administration Management: Verónica Coleman. Text editing and translation: Soledad Pereyra. Surveyor: Ariel Triana
Structural engineer
Juan Pablo Busti
Environmental & MEP
Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón. Sanitation: Cristian Carrizo
Material
reinforced concrete, glass bricks, aluminium, glass and cement blocks
Typology
Residential › House
Pingüino House is a vacation residence conceived to offer a variety of leisure activities in the tourist town of Cariló, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conversations with the clients focused on the type of activities done in a summer house rather than on a preconceived architectural form.
Project name
Pingüino House (Casa Pingüino)
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera Arquitectura
Location
Cariló, Pinamar County, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Javier Agustín Rojas
Design team
Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya
Collaborators
Soledad Van Schaik, Juan Cruz Ance, Facundo Casales, Juan Cardoso Lopes, Tomas Molinaro. Administration management: Verónica Coleman.Texts and translation: Soledad Pereyra. Surveyor: Claudio y Juan Pablo D eramo. Roof: Bauer Hermanos. Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón. Sanitation / Heating: Cristian Carrizo. Ducts and sheet metal: Rubén Calvo. Custom metal working: Hernan / Juan Rascione. Decks: Gwez Obras. Wood millwork: El Holandés. Aluminum millwork: Alumia. Concrete supplier: Pasalto. Iron: Acindar / Casa Caligari. Iron Sheets: Plastigas. Wood Supplier: SAB. Coarse agregate: Casa Caligari. Sanitary material: Mastergas. Paint: Sagitario. Marble: LAVIGE
Structural engineer
Juan Pablo Busti
Supervision
Pablo Ahumada. MMO
Material
Concrete, Metal, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Tucan House is set on a corner lot in the city of Cariló, a seaside town situated 400 km from Buenos Aires. Due to the vegetation present in the area -large lamberts and elliotis pines - and the distance to the beach and downtown, the place resembles an urbanized forest.
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera Arquitectura
Location
Cariló, Pinamar County, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Design team
Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya
Collaborators
Soledad Van Schaik, Juan Cruz Ance, Facundo Casales. Project supervisor: Pablo Ahumada. MMO. Administration management: Verónica Coleman. Surveyor: Juan Pablo D´eramo Texts and translation: Soledad Pereyra
Structural engineer
Javier Mendía
Environmental & MEP
Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón. Sanitation: Cristian Carrizo. Ducts and sheet metal: Rubén Calvo. Custom metal working: Marcelo Herrero
Construction
Audine Constructora
Typology
Residential › House
Fragata house was designed in 2017 and built between that year and 2021 in Alamos neighborhood, northwest Pinamar. During the pandemic, the house was the only one on the block in a neighborhood that was developing at a lethargic pace, but which was shortly surrounded by several works -some even inhabited before Fragata House. This area continues to...
Project name
Fragata House (Casa Fragata)
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera Arquitectura
Location
Pinamar, Partido de Pinamar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Javier Agustín Rojas
Design team
Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil
Collaborators
Project supervisor: Pablo Ahumada. MMO; Administration management: Verónica Coleman; Texts and translation: Soledad Pereyra; Ducts and sheet metal: Rubén Calvo; Custom metal working: Juan Rascione; Masonry: Hugo Marin; Surveyor: Claudio and Juan Pablo D eramo
Structural engineer
Javier Mendía
Environmental & MEP
Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón. Sanitation / Heating: Cristian Carrizo
Construction
Facundo Panadero
Typology
Residential › House
CMMY is situated near the western edge of Pinamar city on a street that ends in a Cul de Sac, away from the sea and downtown. The house was built on an irregular shaped lot that presented a steep slope on the front and back, bordering a forest that will be plotted sometime in the future.
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera
Location
Pinamar, Partido County, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Principal architect
Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya
Collaborators
Soledad Van Schaik, Juan Cruz Ance, Facundo Casales. Administration management: Verónica Coleman. Aluminum Millwork: Alumia. Concrete Supplier: Pasalto. Wood Supplier: de las Misiones. Iron: Plastigas. Sanitary Material: Mastergas. Paint: Sagitario. Heating: CARILO Ingeniería. Marble: LAVIGE. Surveyor: Ariel Triana. Ducts and sheet metal: Rubén Calvo. Custom metal working: Juan Rascione / Marcelo Herrero. Decks: Gwez Obras. Masonry: Lenis Hermanos. Pool: IPC Pinamar
Structural engineer
Javier Mendía
Environmental & MEP
Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón. Sanitation: Cristian Carrizo. Heating: CARILO Ingeniería.
Supervision
Pablo Ahumada. MMO
Construction
Bauer Hermanos
Material
Wood, Stone, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
