Calera del Rey House
CALERA DEL REY HOUSE
gualano + gualano: arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
Gualano + Gualano Arquitectos
LOCATION
Uruguay
CATEGORY
Houses
COLLABORATORS
Ignacio de Souza, Joaquín Mascheroni
CONSTRUCTION
Benito Pereira
Text description provided by architect.
Mountains, distant horizons, rustic and soft landscape.
20 hectares of land. The enclave, a set of rocks and a crown (Scutia Buxofolia) that position the piece.
A courtyard to the south, protected, containing the tree.
To the north the horizon, the views and the landscape sloping down to the stream that crosses the place.
A long vaulted ceiling defines the project 6 meters wide x 24 meters long.
The dome rests on two stone walls of the place, also supported by a lightweight tubular metal structure
Below, three pieces of the larger stone, bedrooms, bathrooms, the kitchen counter and grill
A gallery, a long space, covered, protected from the south and open to the north
