Worldwide structure apply OF Studio has created a brutalist concrete home with a cantilevered terrace and sloped foundations formed by its web site on a mountainside in Mendoza, Argentina.
Accomplished in 2024, the 571-square metre (6,146-square-foot) home often known as Brutal Honesty took six years to assemble on the sting of a canyon.
OF Studio, co-founded in London in 2017 by Argentinian architects Valentina Cerrone and Sebastián Andia, was knowledgeable by the uncooked presence, texture, and silence of the mountain itself.
“The home emerges naturally from the terrain, shaping a panorama that coexists with its environment,” Andia advised Dezeen. “We labored with materials honesty, tectonics, and built-in sustainability, letting the structure develop from the positioning itself.”
The home rises from the terrain on earth-coloured retaining partitions “like summary rock formations,” the studio defined, noting that the contours of the land drove the organisation of inner partitions and three fundamental terraces.
The splaying partitions outline the tapering massing whereas shielding the home from the southern publicity of the canyon.
“The construction appears to emerge from the hill, but asserts a brand new identification,” the workforce defined, calling it “of summary nature”.
With a 360-degree view of the Andean desert mountains, the home is separated into three stacked levels: a basement contained in the earth, {a partially} embedded floor flooring and an higher stage that rises out of the earth.
The kitchen sits on the coronary heart of the house, branching off into communal areas that stretch outwards in rounded-off angles.
Terraces lengthen off both aspect of the residing and eating rooms, whereas a terrace off the playroom offers an out of doors zone for kids. Shared outside areas lengthen to the rooftop plateau with areas for recreation and rest surrounded by the panorama.
The sides of the higher plateau are outlined with rounded rectangular awnings with structural rods that shade the decrease terraces and add a stage of delicate element within the stereotomic home.
The shoppers emphasised the significance of residing with the land, sustaining views of the land, whereas preserving privateness.
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“The undertaking is about creating areas that really feel honest, join folks, and allow you to expertise the setting as a part of on a regular basis life,” Andia stated.
OF Studio chosen uncovered concrete for its resonance with native supplies and builders, and matched the tones of the earth on web site.
“This consideration to materiality anchors the home in place, each visually and symbolically,” the workforce stated.
The thermal insulation, shading and pure air flow methods cut back vitality demand, whereas photo voltaic panels, photo voltaic heaters and a greywater system improve its environmental efficiency.
“In essence, Brutal Honesty is a constructed extension of the mountain – an area for residing that neither conceals nor ornaments, however exists in open dialogue with its environment,” the studio stated. “It celebrates nature’s uncooked presence via structure that’s each honest and grounded.”
Different concrete properties not too long ago accomplished in Argentina embody a subterranean forest house outdoors Buenos Aires with a backyard roof by Gonzalo Bardach, a black concrete residence in Córdoba by AR Arquitectos and a blocky home overlooking a golf course in Rosario by Mariano Fiorentini.
The pictures is by Luis Abba.
Venture credit:
Structure: OF STUDIOProject lead: Sebastián AndiaTeam: Valentina Cerrone Chaar, Carlos Fernando Andia, Daniel Carrera Ferreyra, Ana Paula Ridi, Alejandro MarchettiStructures: ABAX – Gustavo Manresa, Alejandro Carosio, Pablo MartinSanitary and greywater techniques: Daniel GiandinottoGas installations: Daniel GiandinottoElectrical installations: Daniel F. RidiLandscaping: Elina LlaverSustainability and thermodynamic research: SOLAR – Alfredo EstévezCooling and heating techniques: Marcelo Gassibe, Gabriel RoverConstruction administration and administration: Felipe DeshayyConstruction administration assistant: Teo RodríguezArtistic supervision: OF STUDIO – Sebastián Andia, Valentina Cerrone ChaarTechnical Directorships:Structure: Jimena AndiaStructures: ABAX – Gustavo Manresa, Alejandro Carosio, Pablo MartinHeating techniques: Marcelo Gassibe, Gabriel RoverPassive techniques: ENERGELandscaping: Elina LlaverMain wood staircase producer: Miguel GandolfoLighting consultancies: ASPEN – Juan Pablo Balaña
